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Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
An overview of the past and present lives of the Shoshone tribe including their history, homes, food, clothing, family life, customs, religion, and government.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"American schoolchildren have long been taught that their country was 'discovered' by Christopher Columbus in 1492. But the history of Native Americans in the United States goes back tens of tens of thousands of years prior to Columbus's and other colonizers' arrivals. So, what's the true history?"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
v, 90 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Packed with fascinating stories about the America's first peoples, this children?s activity book uses humor and hands-on projects to outline Native Americans ways of life, beliefs, festivals, technology, and arts and crafts. The projects and games, which encourage children to investigate the culture of Native Americans and how they learned to survive, built thriving communities, and interacted with European explorers and settlers, are outlined with...
84) Arctic hunter
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A ten-year-old Eskimo (Inupiat) boy who lives far north of the Arctic Circle describes his family's annual spring trip to their camp, where they spend several weeks hunting and fishing for food to supplement their diet for the rest of the year and enjoying old traditions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1994]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Offers insights into the day-to-day lives, customs, and beliefs of various North American Indian tribes before the arrival of the Europeans. Includes ideas for related activities.
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Learn about Indigenous knowledge that comes from centuries of practices, experiences, and ideas gathered by people who have a long history with the natural world and live in harmony with one another.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
iii, 60 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of Kennewick Man, one of the oldest and most complete skeletons found in America near the Columbia River in Washington.
89) Nez Perce
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book introduces young readers to the Nez Perce people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Nez Perce are keeping their culture alive today.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The buffalo, an American icon once nearly extinct, has made a comeback. This stirring picture book tells the dramatic story, following bison from the Plains Indians to the cowboys, Teddy Roosevelt to the Dust Bowl, and from the brink of extinction to the majestic herds that now roam our national parks.
94) American history
Author
Series
Publisher
Sheldon & Company
Pub. Date
[1860-1865]
Physical Desc
8 volumes : illustrations, plates, portrait, maps ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fully updated and revised edition of FOF's 1999 Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, Revised Edition with 60 new entries, covers more than 200 American Indian tribes of North America. Includes 259 color illustrations (12 new to this edition), 11 color maps, cross-references, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.
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