Bibliograph

North American Indian, written by David Murdoch ; photographed by Lynton Gardiner

Type

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North American Indian, written by David Murdoch ; photographed by Lynton Gardiner

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

North American Indian

Responsibility statement

written by David Murdoch ; photographed by Lynton Gardiner

Series statement

DK eyewitness books

Summary

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

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

Target audience

juvenile

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Eyewitness North American Indian

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