Indian terms of the Americas / Lotsee Patterson, Mary Ellen Snodgrass ; original illustrations by Dan Timmons.

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Patterson, Lotsee [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1994.
Description
xvi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    What is a babiche? A cradleboard? Who are the Athapascans and the Black Indians? What was the Battle of Little Big Horn? This compendium of vocabulary, people, places, and events is designed to assist the reader in understanding a variety of terms and important events from Native American history that are included in works of classic literature and nonfiction sources. Offering a balanced approach to multicultural study, the text strives to convey a sense of the normal rhythms of Indian life by discussing the daily work and lifestyles of women and children as well as hunters and warriors. It covers North American, Caribbean, and Central and South American Indian groups and Canadian and Alaskan Inuit, including well-known tribes (e.g., Apache, Cherokee, and Sioux) and less familiar ones (e.g., Carrier, Inuit, Pomo, and Kwakiutl). Each entry contains a pronunciation guide, definition, examples, and an illustrative sentence from the literature. -- from GoogleBooks.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-258) and indexes.
    ISBN
    • 1563081334
    • 9781563081330
    LCCN
    93047170
    OCLC
    29548789
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