Creek Native

At dawn on November 29, 1864, a volunteer Denver militia swept down on a sleeping Cheyenne and Arapaho village camped on the Big Sandy River in southeastern Colorado, exacting brutal revenge for a year-long campaign of terror waged by tribal warrior societies on the Kansas and Colorado plains. When the smoke cleared, Colonel John M. Chivington’s troops returned to Denver, waving Indian scalps and body parts to an adoring crowd that hailed their conquering heroes as saviors of the territory. Chivington claimed his militia decimated the entire Cheyenne and Arapaho nations – some five to ...

A celebrated economist argues that economic development is not really development unless everyone has the right to consent to their own progress For centuries, the developed Western world has exploited the less-developed “Rest” in the name of progress, conquering the Americas, driving the...

Though they are not as well known as tribes like the Sioux or Cherokee, the Creek are one of the oldest and most important Native American tribes in North America. With roots that tie them to the Ancient Moundbuilders, the Creek were one of the most established groups in the Southeastern United States, and came to be known as one of the Five Civilized Tribes. It's also believed that the Creek were the first natives encountered by Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto's historic expedition in the mid-16th century.

The riveting story of a dramatic confrontation between Native Americans and White settlers, a compelling conflict that unfolded in the newly created Washington Territory from 1853 to 1857. When appointed Washington’s first governor, Isaac Ingalls Stevens, an ambitious military man turned politician, had one goal: To persuade (peacefully if possible) the Indians of the Puget Sound region to turn over their ancestral lands to the Federal Government.

Another action filled Native American book in the Crow Killer Series finds Eagle Wing hunting, miles away from his home, when he hears Morning Dove's rifle. Racing home, he finds his beloved wife lying in a pool of blood. His horses, furs, and weapons were all gone as he stood in shock before his burning lodge. Eagle Wing raised his great war axe. "When she is safe, then I will follow you wherever you go. Your blood will be on my hands, I swear on this!" Eagle Wing makes a desperate journey west to hunt down the destroyers of his home and take revenge against his enemies. Adventure, danger,...

Everyone, at some point, has experienced something they can't explain. Perhaps they've felt a presence or heard voices when alone, or maybe they've seen something in the woods that, in their mind, shouldn't exist. Imagine hiking along a favorite trail with your labrador when suddenly, an eight-foot-tall creature covered in dark hair steps onto the path before you. Your dog, usually fearless, cowers behind you, trembling. The creature notices you, turns, glowers, and charges. You have no way to defend yourself. You close your eyes and pray, fully aware that you'll be torn to shreds in an ...

This Western, Native American Fiction, comes alive in Alfred Dennis’ fourth book of the Crow Killer Series. Plenty of action, adventure, and romance follow Jedidiah Bracket, known as Crow Killer, as he traverses the vast wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. Four years had passed since the Arapaho Chief rescued Jed from North Platte River where a sudden flash flood dumped him bloody and broken on its muddy banks. Jed’s birthmark of a lance on his back plus the old medicine man’s words foretold that he would become a great warrior. With guidance from the Arapaho warrior, Walking Horse, he...

The Western frontier in the mid 1800’s was a battleground as Native Americans fought to defend their land from the white pioneers invading the west. Eagle Wing, destined to become a great leader and Arapaho Lance Bearer, helps to defend the land that was promised to the indigenous people of the different Indian tribes. Eagle Wing, the firstborn son of Crow Killer, has the sign of the lance birthmark on his back, like his father. After seeking his vision on the sacred mountain, the medicine man interpreted his dream. The old one saw Eagle Wing riding with the great warriors of the Sioux ...

Living in the north western United States, deep in the mountains, was not easy back in the 1800’s. The severe winter kept Jed and his wife snowed in, unable to get an early start to the post. Soon, Bright Moon will bring their child into the world, but will they make it to Fort Bridger in time? Their trip to Bridger will be hard as warriors lie in wait to steal Jed’s pelts and wife adds to their peril. Dibbs Bacon rides to Bridger to get Jed to help Ellie as she gets word of her father’s death. They endure a perilous journey west to the Gallatin Mountains. A crazed hunter follows ...

From a New Yorker staff writer and PEN award winner, a blend of memoir, history, and reportage on one of the most complex and least understood states in America. “In Alabama, we exist at the border of blessing and disaster….” Alexis Okeowo grew up in Montgomery—the former seat of the...

The “five civilized tribes” tried to adapt to the American way of life, while others fought to keep their land. Which was more successful? This audiobook will attempt to tell their story, the story of those five tribes.

Joy Harjo, the first Native American to serve as US poet laureate, invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her "poet-warrior" road. A musical, kaleidoscopic, and wise follow-up to Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior reveals how Harjo came to write poetry of compassion and healing, poetry with the power to unearth the truth and demand justice.

An exciting western full of action, adventure, and romance set in the early American West. A young man is challenged and tested not only to save the family ranch but also to save a young woman from the dreaded Comancheros. Reed Slocum’s uncle, Wes Slocum, had been severely hurt putting the upcoming cattle drive to Sedalia in jeopardy. The future of their ranch depends on the drive. Wes sends Reed to find his brother Watt Slocum. Follow Reed on his journey where miles of prairie, the Llano Estacado, snakes, killers, Comanches, and Comancheros wait out there for the young Slocum. Will the ...

One of the darkest and cruelest chapters in the history of the United States occurred when the nation’s young government decided to remove the native peoples from their lands in the name of profit. Having helped settlers for hundreds of years, five Native American tribes found it increasingly more difficult to relate to, and trust, the country that had once acted as their allies. The native peoples had fought alongside the Americans to gain freedom from England, the nation that the colonists deemed oppressive and unfair.

Fort Gaines was a U.S. military post on the Georgia frontier in 1816-1821. Built in response to Native American resistance to the Treaty of Fort Jackson, the fort played an important role in both the Prospect Bluff or Negro Fort Campaign of 1816 and the First Seminole War of 1817-1818. It was on the front lines of the internal conflict between the traditional leaders of the Muscogee or Creek Nation and the Red Stick warriors who fled to the borderlands of Spanish Florida following the Creek War of 1813-1814. The fort was rebuilt during the Creek War of 1836 and again by Confederate troops ...

A Native American Fiction full of adventure and romance. Great feats of the warlike Arapaho arise as Jedidiah Bracket faces obstacles and becomes the great Arapaho Warrior and Lance Bearer, Crow Killer. Eighteen hundred and forty nine, western Nebraska Territory, the crossing of the North Platte was rough. Jedidiah Bracket fell headfirst into the raging waters of the river and survived only to find himself surrounded by hostile Arapaho warriors. One warrior wanted to kill him, but after discovering the mark of the Arapaho Lance on his back, he was taken back to their village. Jed was ...

Kill the Indian, Save the Man. That is the goal of the Dawes Commission, a federal agency. The Commission is charged with destroying the Muscogee-Creek Nation by allotting communally owned tribal lands to individual members. Forced assimilation is the zeitgeist of 1920s Oklahoma. SAM DAVIS is a handsome, roguish, half-breed. He brokers real estate between illiterate Creeks and land-hungry palefaces. Assimilation makes for good business. Oil strikes bring thousands of fortune-seeking whites to Tulsa. Sam's commissions soar against cascading reports of missing and murdered Creeks. When Sam is...

A Western Book Series and Native American fiction full of action, adventure, and romance in Book 2 of the exciting Crow Killer Series by Alfred Dennis. On the long journey to find his stepfather, the valley the old one spoke of was found. Jed also finds love in Baxter Springs and plans to bring his love, Sally Ann, back to the valley. Jedidiah’s journey is full of action and romance with many battles and great feats of heroism demonstrating Jed's love for Sally Ann and his adopted people by his willingness to give his life in their defense.

Lieutenant John Patchen has come to Montana to persuade Chappie Plaquemines, his former gunnery sergeant in Iraq and the son of Gabriel Du Pré's girlfriend, to accept the Navy Cross. First, however, Du Pré and Patchen must find the wounded marine, who was last seen drinking heavily in the Toussaint Saloon. They locate him soon enough, disheveled and stinking of stale booze, but a sobering visit to a medicine man's sweat lodge reveals a much greater mystery.

In this new bundle audiobook from Captivating History, you will discover the shocking and controversial history of the Native Americans.