native americans

An introduction to the spirit beings of Native American culture.

"American Horse" - Louise Erdrich "As It Was in the Beginning," by E. Pauline Johnson Includes writers: Silko, Erdrich, and Hogan Stories include :"The Warriors," The Casualties", "Oshkikwe's Baby".

A collection of folklore, from the Dakota and Teton Indians of North America, which use animals to focus on the relationships which exist between man and nature.

Explores the history of Native Americans within the larger context of world history.

Native people have been living around the Great Lakes for thousands of years. As European settlers arrived, they soon learned that the land around the Great Lakes was an ideal place to settle. Readers learn the history of Great Lakes settlement and much more. Full-color photographs showcase the lakes beauty, while social studies content introduces the many cities in the region. From the mammoth metropolis Toronto, Ontario, to the struggling cities of the Rust Belt, the population centers around the Great Lakes change, survive, and continue to depend on the Great Lakes for transportation, industry, and recreation. Cultural Background , Detailed Table of Contents, For Further Information Section, Glossary, Historical Context Overview, Index, Maps, Sidebars, Social Studies Content.

Centuries ago, they performed miraculously technical brain surgery, built modern irrigation canals, made agricultural discoveries still used by modern men and women.

Thematic presentation provides compelling and authoritative articles on over 500 topics related to the Native American rights movement in the United States. Many of the entries have related media-photographs, video, audio, tables, and primary-source documents-accompanying the text.

Essays by renowned scholars, primary source documents, photographic and drawn images, maps, tables, audio recordings, and archival film footage provide students with in-depth access to historical records and commentary.

Between 1821 and 1880, the Santa Fe trail was primarily a commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. When the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War in 1848, the Santa Fe trail became a national road connecting the United States to the new southwest territories.