native americans

Tales from the folklore of those American Indians whose lodges were usually called wigwams and who were forest peoples. The tribes included are the Menominee, Ojibway, Chippeway, Iroquois, Mohawk, Seneca and Algonquian Indians.

The editor's introduction provides an overview of the Republic of Texas and highlights the central themes in the history of that blood-bought nation. The readings that follow are eye-witness accounts from participants in many of the events that shaped a decade of sovereignty. Presidents, homemakers, soldiers, and slaves relate an all too human story of a time and place unique in the annals of American history.

The friendship and loyalties of two indentured servants, are tested when the English settlers plan a raid on an Indian village.

Fictionalizes the story of a Native American woman's eighteen years of solitary survival on San Nicolas Island, the most remote of California's Channel Islands, after being left there in 1835 when her tribe was removed to the mainland.

Provides historical, economic, and sociological information, focussing on American Indians living today.

Readers explore pre-Columbian Native American civilizations with a diverse range of cultures, languages and customs, many of which are alive today despite the devastating impact of European conquest.

An Indian boy travels from Texas to Mexico City with Cabeza de Vaca and other Spanish explorers in the 16th century.

An Indian boy and his mother try to adjust to life in a city apartment.

At a fitness ranch in Arizona, Nancy discovers the reason for mysterious accidents thought to result from a curse put on the place by Hopi Indians.

Twelve easy-to-read legends of the Pueblo Indians, showing their beliefs and way of life.