North American Indian (DK Eyewitness Books Series)

by David Murdoch

Overview

DK Eyewitness Books: North American Indian is an original and exciting new guide to the fascinating civilizations of North American Indians. Included are full-color photographs that offer a unique and revealing "eyewitness" view of this rich culture. See a necklace made of bear claws, a model of a Blackfeet teepee, a false face made from cornhusks, how fish were trapped in a basket, and a Cheyenne feathered war bonnet. Learn about why love dolls were important, how turtle shells made music, what's stored inside a parfleche, the meanings of carvings on a Haida totem pole, and much, much more. 

The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780756610814
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	04/11/2005
Series:	DK Eyewitness
Pages:	72
Sales rank:	158,562
Product dimensions:	8.81(w) x 11.38(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1150L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

	Peopling of the Americas	6
	A vast continent	8
	Medicine and the spirit world	10
	The far Northeast	12
	The League of the Iroquois	14
	The three sisters	16
	The Mid-Atlantic Seaboard	18
	The Ohio River Valley	20
	Western Great Lakes	22
	The settled Southeast	24
	The "Five Civilized Tribes"	26
	The Great Plains	28
	The Dakota (Sioux)	30
	Mandan and Hidatsa	32
	War and peace	34
	The Sun Dance	36
	The high Plateau	38
	The Great Basin	40
	Californian hunter-gatherers	42
	The stunning Southwest	44
	The Pueblo peoples	46
	Apache and Navajo	48
	Papago and Pima	50
	Land of the totem poles	52
	Art second to none	54
	The power of potlatch	56
	Northern hunters	58
	The frozen Arctic	60
	Modern times	62
	Index	64

Editorial Reviews

Gr 4-8Generalized, broad overviews whose strength lies in the scope and quality of the illustrative material. The texts are serviceable, written in a dry, but evenhanded style. Much is explained in the captions to the museum-quality, full-color photographs and reproductions. Small inaccuracies in North American Indian include identifying Sitting Bull as a Teton Dakota; he was a Hunkpapa Lakota. Readers are told that ``Sioux'' came from the Ojibwa word for ``enemy,'' but in fact it came from the word for ``little rattlesnake,'' a derogatory term similar to ``cut-throat.'' More comprehensive titles, such as Carl Waldman's Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes (Facts on File, 1987), are preferable. Arctic & Antarctic has spectacular photographs and diagrams to explain ice formations; tundra; and plant, sea, and wildlife of each region. Human life is discussed in spreads on native cultures and explorers. Sections pair up information about each pole, allowing for comparisons. This organizational method makes it challenging to isolate conditions unique to each place. A common, but flawed emphasis is given to Scott's failed attempt to be first to the South Pole; the brilliant and successful South Pole discovery by Amundsen receives a small side caption. Nevertheless, this is still an attractive title.Jacqueline Elsner, Athens Regional Library, GA

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