native americans

Explores various details of territorial expansion in the United States, covering pioneer life, government relations with Native Americans, the Northwest Ordinance, the Louisiana Purchase, the Texas Revolution, and more, with illustrations, a timeline, and statistics.

Describes the construction of and culture behind the Great Basin Native Americans' wickiup dwellings, and includes instructions for making a model wickiup.

Describes the construction of and culture behind the Pacific Northwest Native Americans' plank houses, and includes instructions for making a model plank house.

Describes a typical Narragansett Nickommoh, or harvest celebration, as it has been performed since before the arrival of the first Pilgrims in New England.

This Miskito Indian legend set in seventeenth-century Nicaragua illustrates the impact of the first European traders on traditional life.

Profusely illustrated text describes the daily lives of the Aztec people and discusses their history, customs, and achievements.

Thrown from his canoe during an ocean storm, a young Native American boy is washed ashore under a strange sky near a village inhabited by very large people who make him very welcome.

Describes the construction of and culture behind the Southwest Native Americans' pueblo buildings, and includes instructions for making a model pueblo.

A twelve-year-old Ojibwa Indian living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, learns about her tribe's traditional costumes from her grandmother and gets ready to dance at a powwow.

Chronicles the life and journeys of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco V?squez de Coronado, who searched the lands north of Mexico, or New Spain, for the legendary Seven Cities of C?bola.