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Smith-Baranzini, Marlene.
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Indians of North America -- Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America.
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USKids history. Book of the American Indians / written by Marlene Smith-Baranzini and Howard Egger-Bovet ; illustrated by T. Taylor Bruce.
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Smith-Baranzini, Marlene.
Subjects
Indians of North America -- Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America.
Publisher Info:
Boston : Little, Brown, c1994.
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
96 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN:
0316969214 (hc)
9780316969215 (hc)
0316222089 (pb)
9780316222082 (pb)
Series:
Brown paper school
Contents:
People of the Northwest: How Raven helped the ancient people -- A walk across the ancient world -- Two ways of knowing -- Make a bullroarer -- The spirit of the storm -- Celebrating the salmon -- King of the river -- Black Salmon's first vision -- Guardian spirits and medicine power -- The whale hunters -- A day in the village -- From cedar bark to rainhats -- Stick in the sand -- Raspberries and honey -- The potlatch celebration -- Make your own drum -- The song of the drum -- How Coyote got his medicine power -- Coyote the unhappy bachelor -- People of California: A home in the earth -- Village clusters -- The bear dance -- There are no "Maidu" -- Playing the hand game -- My hand game -- Hunters honored the deer -- The deer did not die -- Respected after death -- A shaman's work -- Curing with herbs -- Make a clapper rattle -- Coming of age -- Becoming a young woman -- A woman and her names -- A man and his names -- The long and short of it -- Make a basket -- Holding life -- People of the Southwest: Spider Woman and Earth Mother -- Kokopeli, the flute player -- Gray stones on the high mesa -- Where are the Hopi mesas? -- The sun turns back -- Make a spirit figure -- The snake dance -- About those snakes -- A Hopi calendar -- First pottery -- You be the potter -- People of the Great Basin: under the sun -- Wearing what's available -- First give thanks -- Life among the pinon trees -- A Place of gathering -- Sparing the gray jay -- Healing the sick through song -- A Shoshoni story: the little people -- Make a morache -- Play the ring-and-pin game -- People of the Plains: a faraway rumble -- Using it all -- "A person" -- Life on the wide, endless plain -- Following the herd in their "mobile" homes -- Fighting for survival -- Make a tipi -- Little girls hunted buffalo too -- Grab your toys and run -- The Old Mother Bear -- Pretty-shield's calendar -- Make a pair of moccasins -- The Animal that changed lives -- Dressed to kill -- Painted ponies -- Other indian symbols -- What is medicine? -- The sun dance -- The ant people -- People of the Northeast: A circle of peace -- One story, many stories -- The name used by outsiders -- The three words of condolence -- The Great Council gathered -- Ruled by women -- If only summer could last forever -- Understanding the clan -- Eating off the land -- The life of the three sisters -- Dried corn soup -- The big heads -- Seneca hoop-and-pole game -- Winter games -- A prayer of thanks -- The Bbowl game -- Snowsnakes -- People of the Southeast: The mounds of Cahokia -- A society comes and goes -- The Ccross within a circle -- A Cherokee ball game -- Forbidden foods -- A Cherokee legend -- Playing chunkey -- The alligator hunt -- Hit the target, then eat -- The Ggreat canoe -- "Where we came together" -- If you want to know more.
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Summary:
Offers insights into the day-to-day lives, customs, and beliefs of various North American Indian tribes before the arrival of the Europeans. Includes ideas for related activities.
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