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Buffalo dance

a Blackfoot legend
1993
A retelling of the Blackfoot legend about the ritual performed before the buffalo hunt.

The girl who helped thunder and other Native American folktales

2008
A collection of illustrated Native American folktales that features the title selection, along with other creation myths and animal fables from Cherokee, Cheyenne, Hopi, Lakota, Pawnee, Seminole, Seneca, and other tribes.

The Maya

1994
Describes the ancient civilization of the Maya which thrived over a thousand years ago, including their architecture, arts and crafts, writing, daily life, rulers, and warfare.

Indians at home

1964
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.

Indians of the woodland, before and after the Pilgrims

1972
Describes the way of life of the woodland Indians of the Northeast before the arrival of the white man. Also briefly discusses what happened to these Indians and where they are today.

What do we know about the Aztecs?

1993
An illustrated introduction to the history, religion, customs, and eventual fate of the Aztecs.

The Maya

1991
Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Maya Indians. Includes a picture essay on their crafts.

This place is high

1989
Surveys the living conditions in the Andes Mountains of Bolivia for the people and unusual animals that live there.

The seasons and Someone

1994
A young Eskimo girl witnesses the changing seasons in Alaska.

The shepherd boy

1994
As a young Navajo boy brings his family's sheep home one evening, he discovers one is missing and sets out to rescue it before nightfall.

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