Indian Terms of the Americas

Name: Indian Terms of the Americas
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What is a babiche? A cradleboard? Who are the Athapascans and the Black Indians? What was the Battle of Little Big Horn? This compendium of vocabulary, people, places, and events is designed to assist the reader in understanding a variety of terms and important events from Native American history that are included in works of classic literature and nonfiction sources. Offering a balanced approach to multicultural study, the text strives to convey a sense of the normal rhythms of Indian life by discussing the daily work and lifestyles of women and children as well as hunters and warriors. It covers North American, Caribbean, and Central and South American Indian groups and Canadian and Alaskan Inuit, including well-known tribes (e.g., Apache, Cherokee, and Sioux) and less familiar ones (e.g., Carrier, Inuit, Pomo, and Kwakiutl). Each entry contains a pronunciation guide, definition, examples, and an illustrative sentence from the literature. Organized alphabetically with frequent cross-references a

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LOTSEE PATTERSON was Named visiting scholar for 2000-2001 in the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. dgrass /f Mary /i Ellen mons /f Dan /r illus.

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June 15th, 1994

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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Pages

275

Dimensions

178x230x18

ISBN-13

9781563081330

Product ID

7020210

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