Portable North American Indian Reader

Plot

The early history of North America is the history of the native peoples who first inhabited the vast continent. Numerous Indian tribes and tribal confederations with rich, diverse cultures and long historical memories lived on the land; their lives, languages and religious practices, medicine, art, literature - indeed the essence of existence - were all inextricably tied to the land. This book is an anthology of writing by and about Native Americans that was complied according to the editor "to introduce the general... reader to the traditions and historical realities of the North American Indian." -- Provided by publisher.