Native nations : cultures and histories of native North America

Summary: Organized around regional groupings within which similar, although not identical, cultural practices developed, this comprehensive text introduces students to the many peoples indigenous to North America.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442251441
ISBN: 1442251441
ISBN: 9781442251458
ISBN: 144225145X
ISBN: 9781442251465
ISBN: 1442251468
ISBN: 9781442251465
Physical Description: print
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A short history -- Native communities today -- Native nations of the Northeast -- The Mohawks -- The Mi'kmaqs -- Naive Nations of the Southeast -- The Choctaws -- Native nations of the plains -- The Teton Lakotas -- The Hidatsas -- Native nations of the Great Basin -- The Shoshones -- Native nations of the Southwest -- The Zunis -- The Diné (or Navajos) -- Native nations of California -- The Pomos -- Native nations of the plateau -- The Nez Perce -- Native nations of the Northwest coast -- The Kwakwaka'wakw (or Kwakiutls) -- Native nations of the Subarctic and Arctic -- The Innu (or Montagnais) -- The Inuit.