I Am Apache is a gripping tale set in the nineteenth-century American Southwest. It follows the journey of a young Apache woman, Siki, who is determined to avenge her brother's death by becoming a warrior. Filled with a burning desire for vengeance, she turns away from the traditional path expected of her.
Under the tutelage of Golahka, the greatest warrior of her tribe, Siki's skills grow, and she passes test after test. However, whispers from men like the envious Keste about her father's dishonorable death sow seeds of doubt. As she earns her place among the warriors, Siki begins to sense a dark secret in her past—one that could challenge everything she knows about herself.
This riveting narrative draws on historical accounts to imagine the struggles of the Black Mountain Apache as they fight for survival against the encroaching progress of other nations. It's a story of courage, identity, and the unyielding spirit of a woman warrior.
One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial Brides for Indians program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man's world. Toward that end May and her friends embark upon the adventure of their lifetime.
Jim Fergus has so vividly depicted the American West that it is as if these diaries are a capsule in time.