Description
By Carl Waldman
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, Third Edition is a fully updated reference discussing more than 200 American Indian tribes of North America, as well as prehistoric peoples and civilizations. Arranged alphabetically by tribe or group, this comprehensive work offers 60 new entries on tribes not covered in depth in the previous editions. This book includes at least one representative tribe from each language family or language isolate for each of the cultural areas. The informative, accessible text summarizes the historical record—locations, migrations, contacts with Non-Indians, wars, and more—and includes present-day tribal affairs and issues. The book also covers traditional Indian lifeways, including diet, housing, transportation, tools, clothing, art, and rituals, as well as language families.
Carl Waldman a graduate of Hamilton College, is a former archivist for the New York State Historical Association. A freelance writer, Waldman is the author of numerous books on Native Americans, including Facts on File’s Atlas of the North American Indian, Revised Edition, as well as a coauthor of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Exploration.
PRAISE FOR THE PREVIOUS EDITION
“…Recommended…”
—Book Report
“All libraries, including those that own other titles on the subject, should give serious consideration to this valuable work.”
—School Library Journal
“…Recommended without reservation…”
—Booklist
Checkmark Books, 2006
ISBN: 9-780826-062744
