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American Indians / by Frederick Starr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Starr, Frederick, 1858-1933, author.
- Series:
- Ethno-geographic reader ; no. 2.
- Indigenous Peoples of North America.
- Ethno-geographic reader ; no. 2
- Indigenous Peoples of North America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Juvenile literature.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of Mexico--Juvenile literature.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Mayas--Juvenile literature.
- Mayas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 242 pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans.
- Place of Publication:
- D.C. Heath & Company, publishers
- Contents:
- Some general facts about Indians
- Houses
- Dress
- The baby and child
- Stories of Indians
- War
- Hunting and fishing
- The Camp-fire
- Sign language on the plains
- Picture writing
- Money
- Medicine men and secret societies
- Dances and ceremonials
- Burial and graves
- Mounds and their builders
- The Algonkins
- The Six Nations
- Story of Mary Jemison
- The Creeks
- The Pani
- The Cherokees
- George Catlin and his work
- The Sun Dance
- The Pueblos
- The Snake Dance
- Cliff dwellings and the ruins of the Southwest
- Tribes of the Northwest Coast
- Some Raven stories
- Totem posts
- Indians of California
- The Aztecs
- The Mayas and the ruined cities of Yucatan and Central America.
- Notes:
- With the exception of chapters XXXI and XXXII, the work is devoted to Indians north of Mexico.
- "This book about American Indians is intended as a reading book for boys and girls in school"--Preface.
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of the original from the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, University of Alberta.
- OCLC:
- 899258547
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