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Describes the history, language, and culture of the Eeyou, or Cree Indians, of Eastern James Bay in northern Quebec and discusses how their way of life is threatened by hydroelectric projects.

Describes the experiences of a group of middle school students who spend a week at Kings Landing Historical Settlement, learning what life was like for young people in the nineteenth century.

A Bungee Indian tale tells how, in releasing the captive sun in return for a promise, the beaver came to look like he does today.

Presents information on visual arts programs available at colleges in the U.S. and Canada, each with contact information and facts and figures on degrees offered, enrollment, faculty, student life, expenses, financial aid, and admissions; and includes advice on finding and applying to the right school as well as interviews with art majors and professional artists and lists of summer programs and scholarship opportunities.

History, biography, anecdotes and newsworthy events in railroading are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Presents a short study of the seven natural wonders of the United States and Canada including the Everglades, Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, the Grand Canyon, Mississippi River, Mount McKinley, Niagara Falls, and Redwood Forest.

An autobiography of Tookoome, one of the last Inuit who still lived a traditional nomadic life in Canada's Northwest Territories.