For Kids series
JUVENILE NONFICTION
144 Pages, 11 x 8.5
Formats: Trade Paper, Mobipocket, PDF, EPUB
Trade Paper, $18.99 (CA $25.99) (US $18.99)
Publication Date: July 2010
ISBN 9781569762806
Rights: WOR
Chicago Review Press (Jul 2010)
eBook Editions Available
Will it work on my eReader?A chronicle of American indigenous life, this guide captures the history of the complex societies that lived in North America when European explorers first appeared on the continent. Not only a history of tribal nations, this exploration also includes profiles of famous Native Americans and their many contributions—from early leaders to superstar athletes, dancers, astronauts, authors, and actors. Readers will learn about Indian culture through hands-on activities, such as planting a Three Sisters Garden, making beef jerky in a low-temperature oven, weaving a basket out of folded newspaper strips, deciphering a World War II Navajo Code Talker message, and playing Ball-and-Triangle. An important look at life before the settlers until present day, this resource shows that Native American history is the history of all Americans.
Karen Bush Gibson is the author of eight books on Native American culture, including The Arapaho, The Chickasaw, The Pawnee, and Plank Houses. She lives in Norman, Oklahoma.