southwest, new

Uses colors to focus on the history, culture, and physical surroundings of the Navajo Indians.

Discusses some of the things archaeologists have learned about three major groups of Indians that lived in the American Southwest: the Anasazi, the Hohokam, and the Mogollon.

Examines the personal life and law enforcement career of the Dodge City sheriff who always got his man at any cost.

Biography of Olive Oatman, who was captured by the Apache Indians in Arizona when most of her family was massacred, discussing her life as a slave with the Apache and Mohave Indians and how she was freed.

A young Cochiti Indian girl living with her grandparents in the Cochiti Pueblo near Santa Fe, New Mexico, describes her home and family and the day-to-day life and customs of her people.

Chronicles the short life of Billy the Kid, one of the most closely hunted outlaws in the Wild West, whose notoriety only grew after his death. Also includes a glossary and a further reading list.

Presents an overview of the history of the Navajo Indians, with a detailed account of how the United States Government, represented by Kit Carson, forced them on a 300-mile walk from their homeland in the Southwest to a prison camp at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, in 1864, and their eventual return home after the United States-Navajo Treaty of 1868.

Examines the government, religion, social structures, arts, and culture of the Pueblo people in the twenty-first century; discusses the tribe's history, legends, contributions to the world, and plans for the future; and includes quotations, sidebars, and illustrations.

Examines the government, religion, social structures, arts, and culture of the Navajo people in the twenty-first century; discusses the tribe's history, legends, contributions to the world, and plans for the future; and includes quotations, sidebars, and illustrations.

Discusses the background, cultural practices, interaction with Spanish settlers, and current lives of some of the native peoples living in the American Southwest.