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Publication
Random House Books for Young Readers (1965)
Description
A brief survey of life in five North American Indian tribes--Makah, Hopi, Creek, Penobscot, and Mandan--at the time Columbus arrived in the New World.
Local notes
0000-0203-4261
Media reviews
This reprint of a 1965 publication describes in simple prose for young readers the peopling of America and the pre-Contact lifeways of representative tribes of the Northwest Coast, Southwest, Southeast, Plains, and Northeast. Post-Contact and modern life are not covered. The book abounds in
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generalizations, stereotypes, and condescension. … Black, white, and orange illustrations are similarly stereotypical and tend to focus on the unusual and bizarre. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1965
Physical description
8.2 inches
ISBN
039490060X / 9780394900605