My People the Sioux shows how an Indian perceived the events that took place during the time frontiersmen were invading Indian lands. When the Indians are camped out between White River and Crow Butte, every young man is given a horse from the government except two. The chief has a strong desire for one of the government horses, however, he gives away two horses from his own herd to suffice the boys that didn’t receive a horse. In this incident, the chief is compared to the “big man” of the whites during this period. Although uneducated, an Indian chief looks after his people above all, whereas a white leader will use