Contains essays that provide historical and contemporary data on over two hundred Native American groups in Canada and the United States, listed alphabetically within ten culture groups; and includes illustrations, maps, a bibliography, glossary, and an index.
This volume examines the history, culture, and current status of the indigenous peoples of the Great Plains, Southeast, Northeast Woodlands, Subarctic, and Arctic.
Build literacy skills and social studies content-area knowledge with this nonfiction title! This 6-Pack offers an integrated English language arts approach that specifically addresses California content standards for history-social science, as well as reading, writing, and English language development standards. Introduce students to the diverse cultures of West Coast American Indians. Students will learn about the different tribes in the Southwest, the Great Basin, the Plateau, the Pacific Northwest, and California. This informational text also examines other aspects of daily life including tools and building materials used, trade networks, and how life drastically changed for the American Indians once the European settlers arrived. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan that aligns to California's History-Social Science Content Standards.
This intriguing nonfiction reader breathes life into early US history with primary source documents that feature images of Native American artifacts, maps, and other materials from that era. Introduce students to the diverse lifestyles of West Coast American Indians as they learn about the different tribes in the Southwest, the Great Basin, the Plateau, the Pacific Northwest, and California. This informational text examines aspects of daily life including tools and building materials used, trade networks, and how life drastically changed for the American Indians once the European settlers arrived. This 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan. Highlights include: Build literacy skills and social studies content knowledge; Appropriately leveled content provides access to every type of learner; Includes text features such as captions, bold print, glossary, and index to increase understanding and build academic vocabulary; Aligned to McREL, WIDA/TESOL, NCSS/C3 Framework and other state standards, this text readies students for college and career.
This intriguing nonfiction reader breathes life into early US history with primary source documents that feature images of Native American artifacts, maps, and other materials from that era. Introduce students to the diverse lifestyles of West Coast American Indians as they learn about the different tribes in the Southwest, the Great Basin, the Plateau, the Pacific Northwest, and California. This informational text examines aspects of daily life including tools and building materials used, trade networks, and how life drastically changed for the American Indians once the European settlers arrived. This 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan. Highlights include: Build literacy skills and social studies content knowledge; Appropriately leveled content provides access to every type of learner; Includes text features such as captions, bold print, glossary, and index to increase understanding and build academic vocabulary; Aligned to McREL, WIDA/TESOL, NCSS/C3 Framework and other state standards, this text readies students for college and career.
The National Museum of the American Indian is one of the world's great conservators of cultural heritage, and its collections hold more than 800,000 objects spanning 13,000 years of history of the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere, from Tierra del Fuego in the south to the Arctic in the north. Drawing on new insights from archaeology, history, and art history, Infinity of Nations uses culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant objects as a point of entry to understanding the people who created them. Following an introduction on the power of objects to engage our imagination, each chapter presents an overview of a region of the Americas and its cultural complexities, written by a noted specialist on that region. Community knowledge-keepers and an impressive new generation of Native scholars contribute highlights on objects that represent important ideas or that capture moments of social change. Together these writers create an extraordinary mosaic. What emerges is a portrait of a complex and dynamic world shaped from its earliest history by contact and exchange among peoples. Illustrated with more than 200 strikingly beautiful photographs published here for the first time, Infinity of Nations opens new avenues that extend well beyond those of conventional cultural studies. Authoritative and accessible, here is an important resource for anyone interested in learning about Native cultures of the Americas.
This fully illustrated, comprehensive two-volume set surveys Native American history from the 15th through the 20th centuries and covers wars and battles, government, legal decisions, and Native American contributions to American history as a whole. The coverage in this set begins with overview essays on the ten major cultural/geographical areas: Arctic, California, Great Basin, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plains, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest, and Subarctic. These are followed by more than 300 alphabetically arranged entries on individual tribes. The set concludes with ten appendices: Educational Institutions and Programs; Festivals and Pow-wows; Museums, Archives, and Libraries; Organizations, Agencies, and Societies; Populations of U.S. Reservations; Reservations: US; Reserves and Bands: Canada; Time Line; Mediagraphy; and Bibliography. The final item in this outstanding work is a comprehensive subject index.