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Rescue of the Missing Buffalo (Reasons for Reading)
Rescue of the Missing Buffalo - Reasons for Reading Author:Joy Harjo This is a children's book by noted American Indian author Joy Harjo. It tells a story of Indian livestock rancher Luther Wahwaussuk, vice-chariman of the Potawatomi Tribe in Kansas, and his recovery of a young buffalo bull who escaped from his herd through a broken fence. The underlying theme or message of this story is the importance of buffalo... more » to the Potawatomi, Kickapoo and other Native American peoples, and their efforts to preserve buffalo on their reservations. Nicely illustrated by Pat Lucas-Morris.« less