native americans

Offers a history of the Inca Empire and chronicles Incan life through the archaeological discoveries found in the Andean mountains.

Contains biographies of significant people from early American civilizations, including the Incas, the Mayas and their ancestors, and the Aztecs, and features a selection of related primary source texts and photographs of artifacts.

Presents the history of the Native Americans from earliest times through the arrival of the first Europeans.

In this Maya legend the sun becomes a jaguar at night, stalking through the jungle until it appears again as the sun in the eastern sky.

Presents twenty-two intertwining tales depicting the determination of contemporary life on the Spokane Indian Reservation.

Examines life on a Montana Crow Indian reservation by introducing Sharon LaForge and her determination to overcome an underprivileged childhood, succeed in basketball, and learn from her ancestors' past sins.

Understanding and finally friendship develop between a twelve-year-old Hopi Indian boy and the fur trapper who bought him from Spanish soldiers in 1832.

When the Critter Kids travel to the South American rainforest for an archaeological dig among the Mayan ruins, they discover that a priceless jade Jaguar Paw statue has been stolen and they work to uncover the smuggling ring.

Presents volume four of a five volume set that describes the contributions made by native North, Central, and South American peoples in the area of science and technology, and contains photographs, maps, and illustrations depicting the development of writing, construction of mounds, calendars, base twenty math system, and much more.

Nine-year-old Omakayas, of the Ojibwa tribe, moves west with her family in 1849.