Books with title Native Peoples of the Southeast

The U.S. Regions: Natural Environment series lets readers discover the fascinating facts behind the environment of the five regions of the United States. Every state is covered in depth, including its main features, landmarks, biomes, and rivers. The state animals, reptiles and amphibians, birds, and plants are also explored. The book concludes with the challenges these regions face and an endangered species spotlight. The in-depth information and interesting facts in this series are bound to engage even the most reluctant readers.

The American Southeast stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, including the states of Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Alabama as well as parts of Virginia and Maryland. But before that region was divided into states, native groups lived there. From how they found food to what their spiritual beliefs were, the books main content presents the traditional lifestyles of the Seminole, Choctaw, and Creek peoples, and the other groups that lived in the southeast. Readers learn even more from fun fact boxes and the historical images and full-color photographs that show what native peoples lives were like, both before and after European colonization.

Much of Canada and Alaska can be called the subarctic. This area features the taiga and often cold temperatures. The native peoples of this region had to adapt to this climate in many ways, including making clothes from fur, wearing snowshoes, and carefully insulating their homes. Readers are introduced to which groups can be classified as subarctic and the traditional ways of life they practice. Full-color photographs and historical images highlight the weathers role in their lives as fun fact boxes add more detail about how the fur trade impacted these groups, how they found food, and more.