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Encyclopedia of American Indian history & culture : stories, time lines, maps, and more

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: National Geographic kidsPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2019]Description: 303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 9781426334535
  • 1426334532
  • 9781426334542
  • 1426334540
Other title:
  • Encyclopedia of American Indian history and culture
  • American Indian history & culture
  • National Geographic encyclopedia of American Indian history & culture : stories, time lines, maps, and more
  • Pre-publication title: National Geographic encyclopedia of the American Indian
Uniform titles:
  • National Geographic kids.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 970.004/97 23
LOC classification:
  • E77.4 .E53 2019
Contents:
The Arctic and Subarctic -- The Northeast -- The Southeast -- The Plains -- The Southwest -- The Great Basin and Plateau -- The Northwest Coast -- California.
Summary: "More than 160 tribes are featured in this outstanding new encyclopedia, which presents a comprehensive overview of the history of North America's Native peoples. From the Apache to the Zuni, readers will learn about each tribe's history, traditions, and culture, including the impact of European expansion across the land and how tribes live today. Features include maps of ancestral lands; timelines of important dates and events; fact boxes for each tribe; bios of influential American Indians such as Sitting Bull; sidebars on daily life, homes, food, clothing, jewelry, and games; Did You Know facts with photographs; and traditional Native stories... To help give kids the lay of the land, this reference is arranged by region, and all federally recognized tribes are included. Tribal members representing each region and experts at the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institution were involved in its creation."--Amazon.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction J 970.004 O'BR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000570071
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J 966.9 SEA Nigeria J 969.1 ORR Madagascar J 970.004 KES Squanto and the first Thanksgiving / J 970.004 O'BR Encyclopedia of American Indian history & culture : stories, time lines, maps, and more J 970.00497 HOO The Apaches / J 970.3 BUR Sitting Bull : J 971 MAR Canada

Includes index.

The Arctic and Subarctic -- The Northeast -- The Southeast -- The Plains -- The Southwest -- The Great Basin and Plateau -- The Northwest Coast -- California.

"More than 160 tribes are featured in this outstanding new encyclopedia, which presents a comprehensive overview of the history of North America's Native peoples. From the Apache to the Zuni, readers will learn about each tribe's history, traditions, and culture, including the impact of European expansion across the land and how tribes live today. Features include maps of ancestral lands; timelines of important dates and events; fact boxes for each tribe; bios of influential American Indians such as Sitting Bull; sidebars on daily life, homes, food, clothing, jewelry, and games; Did You Know facts with photographs; and traditional Native stories... To help give kids the lay of the land, this reference is arranged by region, and all federally recognized tribes are included. Tribal members representing each region and experts at the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institution were involved in its creation."--Amazon.

8-12 years

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