The largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Mohawk's true name is Kanienkehaka or " People of the Flint."

Subjects The Navajo From Series: Indians of North America: Heritage Edition Author: Peter Iverson with additional text by Jennifer Denetdale, Series Editor: Paul Rosier, Ph.D., Foreword by Ada E. Deer Grade Level: 6-12 ISBN: 0791085953 Dewey: 306 Published: 2005 Format: Hardcover Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 Price: $27.00   add to cart  add to wish list In recent years, the Navajo have been increasingly honored for their role as "code talkers" during World War II, as evidenced by the 2002 movie "Windtalkers." The Navajo largely reside on a 25,000-square mile reservation in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest, with the mystical and breathtaking Canyon De Chelly lying in the heart of their homeland.

The Pawnee originally called Kansas and Nebraska home and consist of four autonomous bands: the Chaui, Pitahawirata, Kitkahahki, and Skiri. They are well known for serving as scouts for the U.S. Army in helping to track down their longtime enemies, the Cheyenne and Sioux, during the Indian wars of the 1870s and '80s—a role that was portrayed in the 1990 movie "Dances with Wolves."

The Teton Sioux or "plains dwellers" resided in what is now North and South Dakota. They were well known for their trade with local tribes.

 Booker T. Washington, born a slave in 1856 and freed after the Civil War, devoted his life to education—for himself and for others. Washington’s Tuskegee Institute taught farming, carpentry, sewing, and other skills to African Americans

 When Colin Powell signed up for the Army Reserve Officers Training Corp in college, he knew that he had found his future. Powell’s natural leadership skills flourished in the military, where he moved up easily through the ranks. In 1989 he became the youngest person—and the first African American—to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top military adviser to the president