native americans

Presents a history of the Ancient Mayans discussing their religion, architecture and written language.

Twelve-year-old Mary Jemison took her peaceful days on her family's farm in eastern Pennsylvania for granted. But on a spring day in 1758, something happned that changed her life forever. A band of warriors invaded the house and took the Jemison family captive.

Presents a cumulative index to the almanacs and biographies volumes of "Early Civilizations in the Americas.".

Presents an overview of ancient civilization, summarizes theories about early life in the Americas, and examines the history, society, and culture of the Andean and Mesoamerican civilizations. Includes sidebars, time lines, illustrations, glossaries, and research and activity ideas.

Examines the Mayan civilization and how their elaborate sites were built in Central America.

Narrates the events leading up to the massacre which marked the end of a long succession of wars between whites and Indians, and concludes with a description of the battle itself.

Presents an illustrated retelling of the Native American creation myth that explains the origin of the Dakotas.

A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.

Details a day in the life of a rural Maryland boy of Piscataway and Apache descent, looking at his family, the history of both his tribes, and some traditional ceremonies and customs that are still observed in the early twenty-first century.