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Mounds, towns, and totems : Indians of North America / Robert Myron ; illustrated by W.T. Mars.

Summary:

Discusses the cultures and history of various groups of Indians of North America : the early tribes of Mound Builders, the cliff-dwelling Pueblos of the Southwest, the Northwest coastal tribes, the Plains Indians, and the Iroquois.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Cleveland : World Pub., c1966.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Setting the stage -- Mounds for the dead -- Earthworks and effigies -- Temples, cults, and castes -- Culture by the basket -- Cities in canyon and cavern -- Villages of cedar and salmon -- Poles, masks, and potlatch -- Buffalo hunters, tepee dwellers -- Warriors and politicians.
Subject:
Indians of North America > Northwest, Pacific > Social life and customs > Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America > Northwest, Pacific > Civilization > Juvenile literature.
Mound-builders > Social life and customs > Juvenile literature.
Mound-builders > Civilization > Juvenile literature.
Cliff-dwellers > Social life and customs > Juvenile literature.
Cliff-dwellers > Civilization > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library HIST JUV 970.1 MYRO 1966 282784 Historical Reshelving -