North American Indian
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North American Indian
(Eyewitness guides, 60)
Dorling Kindersley, 1995
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Peaceful farmers on the fertile Mid-Atlantic seaboard fierce warriors in the wooded Northeast nomadic buffalo hunters on the Great Plains and igloo-dwellers in the frozen Arctic - the North American Indians were as diverse as the vast continent on which they lived. From the simple spear points of the Paleo Indians to the intricately carved totem poles of the tribes of the Northwest coast the stunning art forms of these unique peoples are illustrated in breathtaking detail. Examine the beautiful headdresses of the Haidas marvel at the transformation masks of the Kwakiutls and admire the magnificent ceremonial costumes of the Dakotas. Written by David Murdoch Senior Lecturer in American History at Leeds University and produced in association with The American Museum of Natural History North American Indian is an exciting introduction to North America's native peoples.
Table of Contents
- Peopling of the Americas
- the Northeast
- Mid Atlantic
- league of the Iroquois
- shamans and medicine men
- the Southeast
- the five civilized tribes
- the Ohio river valley
- Western Great Lakes
- the Great Plains
- the Sioux and Blackfeet
- the Hidasta
- war and peace
- people of the plateau
- the Great Basin
- California dreaming
- the Southwest
- the Hopi
- the Apache and Navajo
- Papago and Pima
- land of the totem poles
- art second to none
- Potlach
- Subarctic
- land of snow and ice
- decoration and adornment
- modern times.
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