| Description |
336 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 30 cm |
| Note |
Previously published: Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly Books Ltd., 2014. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This superb, fully illustrated reference offers the most up-to-date and essential facts on the identity, kinships, locations, populations and cultural characteristics of some 400 separately identifiable peoples native to the North American continent, both living and extinct, from the Canadian Arctic to the Rio Grande." |
| Contents |
Foreword. Introduction. Classification of Indian languages -- Tribes and cultures. Northeastern woodlands ; Southeastern woodlands ; Plains and prairie ; Plateau ; Great Basin ; California ; Southwest ; Northwest Coast ; Subarctic ; Arctic ; Maps detailing the First Nations of Canada and native people of Alaska -- The Indian today -- Glossary. Museums -- Native populations -- Select bibliography. Index. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Encyclopedias.
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| Genre |
Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Hook, Richard, 1938-2010, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780228104025 (pbk.) |
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0228104025 (pbk.) |
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