“Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains” by Charles A. Eastman is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
The author presents biographical vignettes of fifteen great Indian chiefs, most of them Sioux. Some of them, like Red Cloud and Rain-in-the-Face, were friends and acquaintances of Eastman. This book was originally issued on cassette, but is now available on BARD!
TBBS borrowers can request “Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains” DBC02192 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
