Herman J. Viola
2) Warrior artists: historic Cheyenne and Kiowa Indian ledger art : drawn by Making Medicine and Zotom
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125 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 29 cm
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English
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127 pages, 4 unnumbered color leaves of plates : color illustrations, color map ; 22 cm
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English
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A member of the Masai people describes his life as he grew up in a northern Kenya village, travelled to America to attend college, and became an elementary school teacher in Virginia.
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English
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Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton gives American kids a firsthand look at growing up in Kenya as a member of a tribe of nomads whose livelihood centers on the raising and grazing of cattle. Readers share Lekuton's first encounter with a lion, the epitome of bravery in the warrior tradition. They follow his mischievous antics as a young Maasai cattle herder, coming-of-age initiation, boarding school escapades, soccer success, and journey to America for college....