Chronicles the history of the Native Americans who have lived in Pennsylvania since their immigration from Asia and profiles the culture, government, and everyday life of the different tribes who settled in the area.

Verses from Longfellow's epic poem depict the boyhood of Hiawatha.

An alphabetical encyclopedia covering the history, culture, and present status of more than 150 Indian tribes of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Tired of staying in seclusion since the death of her best friend, a fourteen-year-old Native American girl takes on a photographic assignment with her local newspaper to cover events at the Native American summer youth camp.

The received idea of Native American history--as promulgated by books like Dee Brown's mega-bestselling 1970 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee--has been that American Indian history essentially ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. Not only did one hundred fifty Sioux die at the hands of the U. S. Cavalry, the sense was, but Native civilization did as well. Growing up Ojibwe on a reservation in Minnesota, training as an anthropologist, and researching...

Presents a complete idiot's guide to understanding Native American history and provides biographies of heroic leaders such as Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, and Chief Joseph, tragedies that altered their culture, insights into the Indian wars of the nineteenth century, and religious customs and practices.

Discusses the history of Native Americans, with a sampling of excerpts from their own accounts of their experiences.

A collection of short, illustrated biographies of sixteen influential Native Americans, from Tisquantum, who helped the Pilgrims survive the winter of 1622, to Sherman Alexie, a contemporary poet, novelist, and screenwriter.