Encyclopedia Of First Peoples Of North America by Rayna Green Hardcover – 2000

The Encyclopaedia of the First Peoples of North America is an authoritative, fully illustrated reference book for young adults and general interest readers on the culture and history of the native peoples of North America, from the sixteenth century to the present. The native cultures of North America, flourishing for thousands of years before European contact, were many and varied. Rooted in native lands and ways of life specific to those lands, indigenous North Americans developed a rich and varied social, political, scientific, spiritual and material universe. While the arrival of Europeans some five hundred years ago disrupted and changed their long-lived relationships with their lands and with other native peoples, Indian nations exist today throughout the Americas, continuing to create and redefine their history. With more than two hundred alphabetical entries and three hundred photographs and drawings, the encyclopaedia explores that history from a native perspective. This is a highly accessible and comprehensive resource book, ideal for projects and classroom use as well as being fascinating to "dip into" for general interest. Condition - Cover is edge-worn, corners are damaged, has scratch and scuff marks - Front endsheet has previous owner's name in ink - Some pages have a diagnoal crease and wrinkled - Other pages appear to have no writing, tears, folded corners, creases, stains or missing pages