A Boy Called Slow

Joseph Bruchac
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Anxious to be given a name as strong and brave as that of his father, a proud Lakota Sioux grows into manhood, acting with careful deliberation, determination, and bravery, which eventually earned him his proud new name: Sitting Bull. Being named Slow and growing up in the shadow of a great warrior hardly dwarfed the prospects of this protagonist
Genres: Picture BooksBiographyHistoryNative AmericanIndigenousCulturalChildrensNonfictionAmerican HistoryNative Americans
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