Sonia Bleeker

Young Hawk, living in a time before the white men came, is the chief's son and it is around him that the activities of the small Rio Grande pueblo swing. But there is news of the first Spanards' approach and the last chapters are a telescoped history of the tragedy of conquest and present day pueblo life.

Tells of the daily life, the settlements, customs, wars, training of Apache boys and girls, history of the tribe and of its famous leaders. Grades 5-7.