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Books in Native American Tribes series

  • Miwok

    Katie Lajiness

    Library Binding (Big Buddy Books, Aug. 15, 2016)
    This title introduces readers to the Miwok people. Text covers traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. Table of contents, map, fun facts, timeline, glossary, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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  • Lakota Sioux Children and Elders Talk Together

    E Barrie Kavasch

    Library Binding (Powerkids Pr, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Explores the land, culture, traditions, and current status of the Oglala Lakota Sioux on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota through the voices of a young girl and several elders.
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  • Indians of the Northwest: Traditions, History, Legends, and Life

    Petra Press

    Hardcover (Courage Books, March 1, 1997)
    Explores the culture of the peoples who lived along the coastline from what is now southern Alaska to northern California, focusing on their life before contact with Europeans
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  • Native Tribes of the Southeast

    Michael Johnson, Duncan Clarke

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub Secondary Lib, Jan. 1, 2004)
    An introduction to the history, culture, and people of the many Indian tribes that inhabited the region along the south Atlantic coast of the United States, around the Gulf of Mexico, and west to the Mississippi River.
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  • Hunting With the Native Americans

    Rob Staeger

    Library Binding (Mason Crest, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Describes how the hunting practices of Native Americans differed throughout North and South America, and looks at the weapons they used, the types of animals they hunted, and rituals they performed before hunting.
  • Navajo

    Sarah Tieck

    Library Binding (Big Buddy Books, Sept. 1, 2014)
    Informative, easy-to read text and oversized photographs draw in readers as they learn about the Navajo. Traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more are covered. A map highlights the tribes homeland, while fun facts and a timeline with photos help break up the text. Also discussed is contact with Europeans and American settlers, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. The book closes with a quote from a tribe leader. Readers are left with a deeper understanding of the Navajo people. Table of contents, glossary, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing.
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  • The Nez Perces

    Victoria Sherrow

    Library Binding (Millbrook Press, March 1, 1994)
    Text and illustrations present the history, culture, everyday life (then and now), and contemporary problems of the peaceful tribe that lived in present-day Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
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  • Inuit

    Katie Lajiness

    Library Binding (Big Buddy Books, Aug. 15, 2016)
    This title introduces readers to the Inuit people. Text covers traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. Table of contents, map, fun facts, timeline, glossary, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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  • Cherokee

    Sarah Tieck

    Library Binding (Big Buddy Books, Sept. 1, 2014)
    Introduces the Cherokee Indians, describing where they lived, how they made their homes, what they ate, how they hunted, and the importance of storytelling and religion in their lives.
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  • Plains Indians

    Mir Tamim Ansary

    Library Binding (Heinemann, Feb. 11, 2000)
    Come along with us as we meet some of America's first peoples. Turn the pages of this book to discover what special fuel the Plains Indians used to make fires, how the Plains Indians could communicate without talking, and which Sioux chief's likeness is being carved into a mountain in South Dakota. Discover the traditional way of life of the Plains Indians and the changes brought to it by Europeans, discussing homes, clothing, games, crafts, and beliefs.
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  • Huron

    Barbara A Gray-Kanatiiosh

    Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Jan. 1, 2004)
    An introduction to the history, social life and customs, and present status of the Huron Indians, a tribe whose homelands centered around the Great Lakes region but now include Kansas and Oklahoma.
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  • Chinook Indians

    Suzanne Morgan Williams

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, April 1, 2003)
    An introduction to the history, social life and customs, and present life of the Chinook Indians.
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