This book is a great introduction to Native Americans' lives history and culture. Readers will be able to explore tribal dwellings from snow houses to desert tower blocks. There is also information about traditional arts and crafts rituals that marked each new season and the sacred power of the spirit world. The second part of the book covers the tribes region by region. You'll meet the totem pole carvers of the Pacific Northwest the Great Plains buffalo hunters and the Californian hunter-gatherers amongst others. The book closes with a discussion of Native American culture in contempory North America and gives links to websites where the reader can discover more about the tribes and traditions of Native Americans.
- ISBN10 078947977X
- ISBN13 9780789479778
- Publish Date 17 September 2001 (first published 6 September 2001)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 July 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
- Edition American ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 96
- Language English