North American Indian
Presents a full-color illustrated examination of the customs and traditions of many North American Indians including those of the Great Plains, Southwest, Great Lakes region, far North, and more.
| Main Author: | Murdoch, David Hamilton, 1937- |
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| Corporate Authors: | American Museum of Natural History. |
| Other Authors: | Gardiner, Lynton (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; New York :
DK,
2005.
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| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
| Series: |
DK eyewitness books.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Peopling of the Americas
- A vast continent
- Medicine, the spirit world
- Far Northeast
- League of Iroquois
- Three sisters
- Mid-Atlantic Seaboard
- Ohio River Valley
- Western Great Lakes
- Settled Southeast
- "Five Civilized Tribes"
- Great Plains
- The Dakota (Sioux)
- Mandan, Hidatsa
- War and peace
- Sun dance
- High Plateau
- Great Basin
- Californian hunter-gatherers
- Stunning Southwest
- Pueblo peoples
- Apache, Navajo
- Papago, Pima
- Land of totem poles
- Art second to none
- Power of potlatch
- Northern hunters
- Frozen Arctic
- Modern times
- Did you know?
- Who's who?
- Glossary.