indians of north america

Willful Baby Rattlesnake throws tantrums to get his rattle before he's ready, but he misuses it and learns a lesson.

Retells the Paiute legend of the way the Coyote helped an Indian boy bring fire to his tribe.

Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe.

Fourteen-year-old Nathan, fishing with the Makah in the Pacific Northwest, finds himself holding a vital clue when a mysterious stranger comes to town looking for Spanish treasure.

Examines the history, culture, changing fortunes, and current situation of the various Indian peoples of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.

Describes the basic vocabulary needed to communicate in the most commonly used form of sign language used among North American Indians.

In an act of bravery and defiance against the white men encroaching on their territory in 1867, a group of young Cheyenne braves derail and raid a freight train.

A biography of the Wampanoag Indian whose experiences at the hands of early English explorers later enabled him to help the struggling Plymouth colony.

Describes the different kinds of homes made by various Indians: Algonquian, Iroquois, Seminole, Mandan, Pueblo, and Northwest. The final chapter describes Indian homes of the present.