Highwater, Jamake

A collection of traditional tales from numerous North American Indian tribes, woven into one story that relates the adventures of one boy as he grows to manhood.

As the moon moves across the sky, it observes the activities of an Indian camp and of the natural phenomena surrounding it.

With emphasis on the tribes in North America, uses the art and artifacts of various Indian cultures to illustrate events affecting their history from earliest times through 1973.

Traditional tales from North American Indian tribes woven into one story that relates the adventures of one boy as he grows to manhood.

"Icon editions." A survey of Indian arts of the Western Hemisphere from pre-Columbian times to the present.

Abandoned in the wilderness after smallpox devastates her tribe, eleven-year-old Amana acquires from Grandfather Fox a warrior's courage and a hunter's prowess, gifts that sustain her as she watches the progressive disintegration of her people.

Sitko, growing up in a hostile white world that tries to make him renounce his heritage as an American Indian, finds refuge in the pictures he paints.

Alone and destitute after the death of her husband, Amana finds lasting friendship, love and disillusionment, and eventually moves to a trading post town where she strives to give her daughter and grandchildren a sense of pride in their Indian heritage.

Each season's song describes the changes that occur in nature as the year moves from summer through fall and winter to spring.