| Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes Contributor(s): Waldman, Carl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816062749 ISBN-13: 9780816062744 Publisher: Checkmark Books OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: This fully updated reference explores more than 200 North American tribes, prehistoric peoples, and civilizations. Arranged alphabetically by tribe or group, this comprehensive work offers 60 new entries on tribes not covered in the previous editions. The accessible text summarizes the historical record and includes present-day tribal affairs and issues. The book also covers diet, housing, tools, clothing, art, rituals, and more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 970.004 |
| LCCN: 2006012529 |
| Series: Facts on File Library of American History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.4" W x 10.8" (1.94 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, Third Edition is a fully updated reference discussing more than 200 American Indian tribes of North America, as well as prehistoric peoples and civilizations. Arranged alphabetically by tribe or group, this comprehensive work offers 60 new entries on tribes not covered in depth in the previous editions. The informative, accessible text summarizes the historical record - locations, migrations, contacts with non-Indians, wars, and more - and includes present-day tribal affairs and issues. The book also covers traditional Indian lifeways, including diet, housing, transportation, tools, clothing, art, and rituals, as well as language families. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, Third Edition includes at least one representative tribe from each language family or language isolate for each of the culture areas. |