First houses : Native American homes and sacred structures

Book

First houses : Native American homes and sacred structures / Jean Guard Monroe and Ray A. Williamson ; illustrated by Susan Johnston Carlson.

Monroe, Jean Guard. (Author). Williamson,Ray A., 1938- (Added Author). Carlson, Susan Johnston, (ill.).

Summary:

Presents a variety of North American Indian creation myths and discusses how the "first houses" described in these myths set the pattern used by the tribes for their own homes and ritual structures. This superb book about Native American architecture is filled with information about Iroquois longhouses, Navajo hogans, Pawnee earth lodges, and Northwest Coast dwellings. Truly entertaining for the mind and spirit, it uses scholarship and mythology to teach young people about Native American houses and structures from around the country.

Record details

ISBN: 0395510813 :
ISBN: 9780395510810
Physical Description: ix, 147 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-147) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: People of the Longhouse: The Iroquis league -- Gift of the Gods: The Navajo Hogan -- Emergence from the Underworld: The Pueblo Kiva -- Shade and shelter: Mohave houses -- Sun's crystal house: California house myths -- Painted planks and Totem poles: Northwest coast dwellings -- Painted tipis: House legends of the plains -- Models of the world: Pawnee earth lodges -- Big house: A Delaware ceremonial dwelling -- First sweatlodge.