Books in North American Indians series

Long before the United States existed as a nation, the Northeast region was home to more than thirty independent American Indian groups. Each group had its own language, political system, and culture. Their ways of life depended on the climate, landscape, and natural resources of the areas where they lived. • The Lenape carved tulip tree trunks into canoes that held as many as fifty people. • The Huron used moose hair to stitch delicate patterns on clothing and on birch bark boxes. • The Menominee combined cornmeal, dried deer meat, maple sugar, and wild rice to make a traveling snack called pemmican. In the twenty-first century, many American Indians still call the Northeast home. Discover what the varied nations of the Northeast have in common and what makes each of them unique.

The Arapaho, like the Cheyenne, split into Northern and Southern divisions after moving from the Great Lakes region prior to the 18th century. Today the Southern Arapaho reside alongside the Cheyenne in Oklahoma, where they created a joint constitutional government and business committee. The Northern Arapaho live with the Eastern Shoshone on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.

When Spanish explorers came to the Southwest region of the United States in the 1600s, they found over 20,000 American Indians already living in the region. These American Indians were part of many different nations. They had their own languages and cultures, and they had developed ways to survive in the desert landscape. • Pueblo people lived in permanent villages made of adobe brick. • The Hopi had fifty different ways to cook and eat corn. • The Navajo created colorful pictures from sand, cornmeal, and pollen. Many American Indians still live in the Southwest. They make traditional jewelry, use their native languages, and run tourism programs at the Grand Canyon. Find out more about the history and culture of the native peoples of the Southwest.

The Inuit, sometimes called Eskimos, live in the northernmost coastal regions of North America. These Native Americans learned thousands of years ago how to survive in one of the coldest and harshest environments in the world. Their struggle for survival helped forge strong social and cultural ties that today help the Inuit preserve their rich heritage.

As early as the 1500s, fur traders from Europe began to arrive in the Subarctic region of North America. These traders were greeted by the many groups of native peoples already living in the region. These native peoples had their own languages, cultures, and methods for hunting and surviving in this land where it snowed 200 days a year. Many native peoples still live throughout the Subarctic. They are working to revive their traditions and languages and preserve the land. Read more about the history and culture of the native peoples of the Subarctic.

California is a land of varied landscapes, climates, and cultures. Before Europeans arrived in North America, more than twenty independent American Indian groups lived in this region. Their cultures were as diverse as the areas they called home. Along the coast, in the mountains, and in the desert, these nations developed ways of life shaped by their surroundings. • Every fall, the Miwok gathered acorns for food. They held a special festival to celebrate the harvest. • The Cahuilla held bird song ceremonies that lasted for days. Birds are said to tell the people's history through their singing. • The Yurok used mollusk shells called dentalia as money. Many twenty-first century American Indians still call California home. Find out what these nations have in common and what makes each of them unique.

Paperback book. Approximately 7 x 9.25 sized book. Author, Barbara Graymont, Frank W. Porter III, General Editor. Chelsea House, Publishers. The spine is tight, straight. Minor shelf wear. Pages are clean of markings, no highlights, no tears, however, there is water stain damage on the top right corner, approximately 1-2 inches on the first 20 _+ pages, very lightly tanned. Total 128 pages. The book is discounted to allow for this imperfection of the book. The light stain is noticeable, but does not prevent being able to read where the stain shows, other pages are fine. "The Iroquois traditionally lived in what is now upstate New York, subsisting on wild plant foods, game, and fish from the area's fertile forests and teeming waterways, along with corn, beans, and squash. Long ago the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes formed the Leaque of the Five nations. Despite its ideal of cooperation, the Leaque was fearsome in war as it attempted to extend its rule." The story continues. "The Iroquois battles in recent years have been legal ones as they resisted efforts to build public works projects on their lands. The Ironquois live today in cities and on reservations in Canada, New York, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma." These could be some of your relatives from years ago, you just might want to read about them. Education is a good thing. A very good book and interesting to read for a very good price.