Author: Joseph Bruchac
Title: Crazy Horse's Vision
Illustrator: S.D. Nelson
Readability score: Kindergarten to Grade 1
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Historical
Theme: Keep nothing for yourself.
Primary and secondary characters: Curly, Tashunka Witco, Conquering Bear
Awards: ALA Notable Children's Book Award
Date of Publication: 2000
Publishing company: South China Printing Company
ISBN number: 1-880000-94-6
Crazy Horse's Vision is about a young Lakota boy named Curly who grows up to become known as Crazy Horse. Curly was a natural born leader. He was courageous, honest, and generous. He hunted buffalo to give to the poor. One day, a cow from the white Army settlers comes into his village and destroys a tipi. A Lakota man kills the cow. The white settlers are very angry. They come into the village and kill many people. Curly wants to know how to help his people so he goes in search of a vision. His vision tells him to keep nothing for himself. He doesn't tell anyone about his vision until many years later. His vision comes true. Curly becomes known as Crazy Horse, Defender of the Lakotas.
I would use this story during a unit on western settlement. This story is given from the viewpoint of Native Americans. I would read the story aloud to my group of first graders and explain to them that white settlers were often unfair and cruel when they moved West. I would show the students a picture of Crazy Horse's carving in the mountain. Crazy Horse was a very notable Native American leader, which is the reason why he has been commemorated into the side of a mountain. The students may compare this to Mount Rushmore. I would explain to the students that Presidents were not the only notable leaders in American history.
Primary and secondary characters: Curly, Tashunka Witco, Conquering Bear
Awards: ALA Notable Children's Book Award
Date of Publication: 2000
Publishing company: South China Printing Company
ISBN number: 1-880000-94-6
Crazy Horse's Vision is about a young Lakota boy named Curly who grows up to become known as Crazy Horse. Curly was a natural born leader. He was courageous, honest, and generous. He hunted buffalo to give to the poor. One day, a cow from the white Army settlers comes into his village and destroys a tipi. A Lakota man kills the cow. The white settlers are very angry. They come into the village and kill many people. Curly wants to know how to help his people so he goes in search of a vision. His vision tells him to keep nothing for himself. He doesn't tell anyone about his vision until many years later. His vision comes true. Curly becomes known as Crazy Horse, Defender of the Lakotas.
I would use this story during a unit on western settlement. This story is given from the viewpoint of Native Americans. I would read the story aloud to my group of first graders and explain to them that white settlers were often unfair and cruel when they moved West. I would show the students a picture of Crazy Horse's carving in the mountain. Crazy Horse was a very notable Native American leader, which is the reason why he has been commemorated into the side of a mountain. The students may compare this to Mount Rushmore. I would explain to the students that Presidents were not the only notable leaders in American history.
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