native americans

Describes Native American beliefs and practices; Native American influences on American culture, social issues, and politics; and important Native American figures and historical events.

Recounts the author's experiences with the reclusive Tarahumara Indians, whose techniques allow them to run long distances with ease, and describes his training for a fifty-mile race with the tribe and a number of ultramarathoners.

Discusses the Mayan culture, its discovery by Spaniards, and its eventual collapse, and describes the ruins existing today.

Story of Mary Crow Dog, nee Mary Brave Bird, who rebelled against the life of the South Dakota Indian reservation and participated in the beginning of the tribal movements of the sixties and seventies.

A history of the Pilgrim settlement of New England that discusses such topics as the diseases of European origin suffered by the Wampanoag tribe, the relationship between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags, and the impact of the King Philip's War.

Describes the legacy, cities, civilization, kings, calendar, and daily life of the Mayas.

A tale of adventure, treachery, and friendship in the battle-torn wilderness of eighteenth-century upstate New York.

The people's lodges are cold and dark, and their food is uncooked, so they ask the wise coyote how to get fire from the three evil spirits guarding it on top of a mountain.

Chronicles the Indian wars from the Colonial wars to Wounded Knee with biographies, personal narratives, and excerpts from diaries.

Explores the ancient civilizations of the Americas, focusing on the history and culture of the Maya and Aztec civilizations and their influence on the development of the New World.