Our featured November Books this year are all about Native Americans, their various tribes, cultures and histories. The 2nd and 5th grades at Estabrook study different Native America tribes, and how they lived before the Europeans came, so these are all related to the curriculum.
From Abenaki to Zuni: A Dictionary of Native American Tribes by Evelyn Wolfson, illustrated by William Sauts Bock, Walker and Company, NY 1988
Sixty eight of the major tribes of Native North Americans are described, with details of their habitats, social life and customs, food, types of dwellings, transportation methods, and main sources of food, as well as a short history of the major events following the arrival of the settlers. A copious bibliography is also included.
First Houses: Native American Homes and Sacred Structures, by Jean Guard Monroe and Ray A. Williamson, illustrated by Susan Johnston Carlson, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston , MA 1993
This book shows the strong relation between a number of the Native American tribes' creation myths, their ritual structures, such as Hogans, Kivas and Sweatlodges, and their home dwellings.
Who Were the First North Americans?, by Philippa Wingate and Struan Reid, illustrated by Vicki Groombridge, Usborne Publishing Ltd., London, England, 1995
A collection of a large number of questions about the Native North Americans with short one or two paragrah answers.
Clash of Cultures: Prehistory -1638, by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier, Benchmark Books, Marshall Cavendish, New York, NY, 1998
This book concentrates on the clashes, and the underlying reasons for the clashes in the vastly different cultures, beween the Native American tribes and the various groups of Europeans that began arriving in the sixteenth and early seventeeth centuries.
The First Americans, by Joy Hakim, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1993
This, the first volume of a 10 volume history of the US, covers the period from the Ice Age through the arivals of the first European adventurers and explorers and ends with the beginnings of the permanent European settlememts.
North American Indian, by David Murdoch, chief consultant, Stanley A. Freed, photographed by Lynton Gardiner, A Dorling Kindersley Book, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, NY, 1995
A bit of this and a bit of that about Native Americans accompanied by wonderful photographs of authentic materials and artifacts old and new, many from the American Museum of Natural History and other museums.
Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native Americans, by Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Robert F. Goetzel, Bridgewater Books, Mahwah, NJ 1997
This alphabet book starts with "Anishanabe artists making birch bark bowls." and ends with "Zuni elders saying prayers for the day that is done." and each page illustrates an activity or the environment of one of the various diverse native peoples.
Lasting Echoes: An Oral History of Native American people by Joseph Bruchac, assemblage and painting by Paul Morin, Silver Whistle , Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1997
The story, and history of seven generations of the Native American people compiled and retold from their own words. Author Bruchac is a recipient of the American Book Award, and was a visiting author at Estabrook in 2002.
Indians of the Great Plains: traditions, history, legends, and life, by Lisa Sita, Gareth Stevens Publishing, Milwaukee, WI 2000
A description of the daily lives, culture, beliefs, social structure and environment of some of the native American peoples who lived in the Great Plains region of North America before their contact with European settlers with a final chapter to attempt to bring things up to the present time.
Indians of the Southwest: traditions, history, legends, and life, by Lisa Sita, Gareth Stevens Publishing, Milwaukee, WI 2000
A description of the daily lives, culture, beliefs, social structure and environment of some of the native American peoples who lived in the American Southwest before their contact with European settlers with a final chapter to bring things up to the present time. The resources at the end of the book include some interesting web sites as well as videos and books.
Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters, photographs by Russ Kendall, Scholastic Inc., New York, NY 1996
A fictional but historically based reconstruction of a day in the life of a Wampanoag boy in the 1620s, this book is illustrated by modern photographs taken at the Hobbamock's Homesite at Plimouth Plantation in Plymouth Massachusetts.
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