hunting

The author, a Chipewyan Dene, describes his efforts to protect the caribou native to his homeland in the Northwest Territories, discusses how he helps scientists monitor the health and migration of the caribou, and shares creation stories that tell how his people are decedents of the caribou.

Eleven-year-old Tom McLeod from Aklavik in Canada's MacKenzie Delta, tells about living in the Northwest Territory, trapping and hunting, and his family.

An examination of Native American life, discussing the various hunting practices and weapons used by tribes in different regions of North and South America. Includes a chronology and glossary.

Presents a collection of autobiographical essays about the author's life in northern Alaska. Topics include Kanter's appreciation for his young daughter's understanding of language, meditations on the grandeur and severity of nature, and lamentations of a wilderness that is rapidly disappearing. Includes photographs.

Traces the history of the Indian tribes whose way of life revolved around hunting. Included are the Comanche, Assiniboin, and Chipewyan.

Discusses the Sioux Indians, focusing on their tradition of hunting bison. Includes a recipe for pemmican and instructions for making a paper buffalo robe.

Chronicles the efforts of the Makah tribe of Neah Bay on the most northwestern tip of America to unite and inspire their community in 1997 by staging a whale hunt, a tradition they had given up in the 1920s; discussing the difficulties they encountered due to inexperience, tribal infighting, animal rights protests,and the media.