native americans

Presents information on Native American dwellings called wickiups, and includes descriptions of what they are, how they are made, who lived in them, and how they were built into villages.

An easy-to-read retelling of the Ojibway Indian myth about the creation of summer.

Captured in a raid, a twelve-year-old Navajo boy is sold to a wealthy Spanish landowner but vows to return to his canyon and family.

Retells how Nanabozho brought fire to his people and caused trees to be brilliantly colored each autumn.

A biography of the Sioux Indian who became chief through bravery in battle rather than through heredity and who tried unsuccessfully to save his people's land.

A brief biography of the last of the Apache war chiefs to be subdued by the United States Army.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on the history and culture of North American Indians, covering nations and tribes, foods and cooking, governments, U.S. Indian policy, ceremonial regalia, the arts, and other topics. Includes photographs, suggested readings, indexes, and other reference materials.

When thirteen-year-old Will Burke and the famed Apache chief, Geronimo, forge a unique bond of friendship, each wins a special kind of freedom.

Describes the daily lives, culture, beliefs, social structure, and environment of some of the Native American peoples who lived in the American Southwest at the time of the arrival of European settlers.