The mammoth book of Native Americans /

The mammoth book of Native Americans / [edited by] Jon E. Lewis. - New York : Carroll & Graf, c2004. - xxxi, 571 p. : maps 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-563). The story of America's original inhabitants in all its beauty, magic, truth, and tragedy--Cover.

Horses, buffalo, warbonnets and war paint, peace pipes, teepees, totem poles, and powwows--they epitomize what most people know of native American culture. This volume rethinks the historical clichs long associated with the Indian nations and focuses on the stories, songs, customs, tribal organization, dress, and arts of the first Americans. www.alibris.com

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Indians of North America.

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