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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  This title in other editionsBear Dancer: the Story of a Ute Girlby Thelma Hatch Wyss
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Elk Girl, sister of a Ute chief, lives a traditional life with her tribe high in the Rocky Mountains in 1860. Elk Girl is bold: She loves to hunt deer with her brother, and she races her pony to win. She also knows the importance of ceremonies like the Bear Dance, which wakes the bears from hibernation and celebrates spring. But all of that changes when Cheyenne warriors capture Elk Girl. They take her to the Great Plains and make her a slave. On the Plains, Elk Girl encounters white men for the first time, and she sees how the Cheyenne have come to depend on their handouts. She also sees the truth of what her brother has told her: The white men are the real enemy. Their soldiers are everywhere. Even if Elk Girl could escape, how would she get home? Thelma Hatch Wyss has crafted a moving story based on the life of a real girl. It is both a gripping personal adventure and a compelling look at two cultures confronting each other at a pivotal time of change. Synopsis:This moving story, based on the life of a real girl, is a compelling look at two cultures confronting each other at a pivotal time. Elk Girl later entered history books under the name Susan Johnson when she saved women and children during the Meeker Massacre. Map. Photos. About the AuthorThelma Hatch Wyss lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the author of Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; Ten Miles from Winnemucca, a Junior Library Guild Selection and a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year; and on the McElderry list, Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl, which won the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Regional Book Award and was on the New York Public Library's "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" list. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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