Chief Bender's Burden photography becoming one of four titles

becoming one of four titles to be recognized in the first-ever American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Book Honors

similarity and difference

dedicated language warriors are powering an upswell

The language of the Dakota people was first put into written form by missionaries who lived within and learned from the Dakota community in the Minnesota River valley

and only English is spoken

Chief Bender's Burden photography becoming one of four titlesThe greatest American Indian baseball player of all time, Charles Albert Bender, was, according to a contemporary, "the coolest pitcher in the game." Using a trademark delivery, an impressive assortment of pitches that may have included the game's first slider, and an apparently unflappable demeanor, he earned a reputation as baseball's great clutch pitcher during tight Deadball Era pennant races and in front of boisterous World Series crowds. More