MYTHS AND CIVILIZATIONS OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS.Wood, Marion Il. by Frances d'Ottavi and Studio Stalio. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-87226-284-7. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Peter Bedrick Books, 1999. 43 pp. $16.25. Fascinating illustrations, along with well-written discussions of some exciting Native American myths and related nonfiction non·fic·tion n. 1. Prose works other than fiction: I've read her novels but not her nonfiction. 2. The category of literature consisting of works of this kind. narratives, will entice young readers to open this book. After describing the "Buffalo Dance" myth, the author points out that the buffalo was a walking "grocery store" for the Native American. Not only did the Indians eat the meat and make tools out of the bones, teeth and horns, they also made clothes, teepees, buckets, and saddlebags out of the hide. The arrival of the horse on the Plains in the early 1700s changed the Indians' way of life forever. This volume is one of several in the Myths and Civilization civilization, culture with a relatively high degree of elaboration and technical development. The term civilization also designates that complex of cultural elements that first appeared in human history between 8,000 and 6,000 years ago. series. Ages 8-13. Reviewed by Peter Miller, Archaeologist, Kutztown University, PA |
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