American Indians
by Frederick Starr
About this book
School students is Starr's intended audience of this work. The easy-to-read stories discuss and describe a wide range of topics such as food, money exchange, dances, hunting, dress, war, burials. Over two-dozen North American tribes are reviewed in the book. - Summary by Mario Pineda
Chapters (33)
1Preface. - I. Some General Facts About Indians
2II. Houses
3III. Dress
4IV. The Baby and Child
5V. Stories of Indians
6VI. War
7VII. Hunting and Fishing
8VIII. The Camp-Fire
9IX. Sign Language on the Plains
10X. Picture Writing
11XI. Money
12XII. Medicine Men and Secret Societies
13XIII. Dances and Ceremonials
14XIV. Burial and Graves
15XV. Mounds and Their Builders
16XVI. The Algonkins
17XVII. The Six Nations
18XVIII. Story of Mary Jemison
19XIX. The Creeks
20XX. The Pani
21XXI. The Cherokees
22XXII. George Catlin and His Work
23XXIII. The Sun Dance
24XXIV. The Pueblos
25XXV. The Snake Dance
26XXVI. Cliff Dwellings and Ruins of the Southwest
27XXVII. Tribes of the Northwest Coast
28XXVIII. Some Raven Stories
29XXIX. Totem Posts
30XXX. Indians of California
31XXXI. The Aztecs
32XXXII. The Mayas and the Ruined Cities of Yucatan and Central America
33XXXIII. Conclusion
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