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Native American Homes
Lincoln James
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, Aug. 1, 2008)Explore the great variety of the first peoples of America through a look at traditional homes, from longhouses to teepees, to adobe villages. Correlated to the Informational Text Standards from the Common Core, readers glean a look at America's first homes, with high quality photographs and key text features.
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Myths of the Native Americans
Anita Dalal
Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, )None
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Native Americans
Judith Simpson
Hardcover (Barnes & Noble Books, Jan. 1, 2003)People first came to the continent of North America during the Ice Age. Some settled in the bleak lands of the Arctic, while others walked south as far as California and Florida. They formed different tribes with their own languages, customs and ceremonies. Native Americans is the story of these people - from the hunters and warriors who speared woolly mammoths and long-horned bison, to the farmers and foragers who searched for food in the mountains and on the coast. They depended on the land for everything: for wild plants to use in healing rituals; and for materials to make and decorate clothes, masks and costumes, and to build dwellings and boats. Many Native Americans believed that the sky, earth, plants, animals and rivers had powerful spirits. Some told stories of mythical creatures that formed the world and brought good harvests. They danced, sang and prayed to the spirits and had solemn pipe-smoking rituals and powwows to ask the spirits for a successful hunt or to bring peace to warring tribes. When Columbus came to the New World, life changed for the Native Americans. The new settlers often took land by force, and herded the people o
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Native Americans
Noel Merino
Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, May 23, 2008)Each title explores a specific issue by placing fourteen to sixteen carefully edited, accessible articles from a wide range of sources in a unique pro/con format, while useful charts, graphs, color photos, and cartoons illustrate each article.
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Native Americans
Charlotte Greig, Robert L. Humphrey
Library Binding (Mason Crest, Oct. 1, 2002)Discusses the history of various costumes worn by Native Americans.
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Native Americans
Jay Miller
Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1993)Describes the culture, leadership, and structure of various tribes of Native Americans
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Native Americans
Joe Fullman
Paperback (QED Publishing, )None
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Native Americans
Evelyn Wolfson
Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub Learning library, Jan. 1, 2005)Describes the backgrounds of the Iroquois, Cherokee, Sioux, and Hopi people, and discusses the roles of boys and girls within the tribe.
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Native Americans
Charles W Sundling
Library Binding (ABDO & Daughters, Sept. 1, 2000)In this series readers are guided through the lives of the people that pushed westward and expanded a new nation from sea to shining sea.-- Easy-to-read maps trace the routes of explorers-- Fact-filled text brings the day-to-day struggles of pioneers to life-- Supports American history, geography, and Native American history curriculum
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Native Americans of the Great Lakes
Stuart A. Kallen
Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 2000)Discusses the history, daily lives, culture, religion, and conflicts of the Indians that lived in the Great Lakes region, including the various Iroquois and Algonquian peoples.
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Native Americans
Fiona Macdonald, Patrick W. Tafoya
Hardcover (Dutton, Nov. 1, 1997)An interactive book with see-through pages, pullouts, and flaps tells the story of the lifestyles, customs, and history of the Native American people.
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Native Americans Of The West
Ed Carter Smith
Paperback (Millbrook Press, Sept. 1, 1996)Describes and illustrates the Native Americans of the West, from before the arrival of Europeans to the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890