WorksA Kid's Guide to Native American History
Yvonne Wakim Dennis (Author), Arlene Hirschfelder (Author) This award-winning hands-on interactive book is chocked full of activities, games, and crafts introduce children to the diversity of Native American cultures and teach them about the people, experiences, and events that have helped shape America, past and present. Nine geographical areas cover a variety of communities like the Mohawk in the Northeast, Ojibway in the Midwest, Shoshone in the Great Basin, Apache in the Southwest, Yupik in Alaska, and Native Hawaiians, among others. Lives of historical and contemporary notable individuals like Chief Joseph and Maria Tallchief are featured, and the book is packed with a variety of topics like first encounters with Europeans, Indian removal, Mohawk sky walkers, and Navajo code talkers. Readers travel Native America through activities that highlight the arts, games, food, clothing, and unique celebrations, language, and life ways of various nations. Kids can make Haudensaunee corn husk dolls, play Washoe stone jacks, design Inupiat sun goggles, or create a Hawaiian Ma’o-hauhele bag. A time line, glossary, and recommendations for Web sites, books, movies, and museums round out this multicultural guide. Children of the U.S.A.
Less brief description goes here Children of Native America Today
Children of Native America Today includes some of the 500 Native groups from reservations to large cities. Bright color photographs highlight the richness and diversity of Native lands, cultures, and daily life. Winner of the Notable Books for a Global Society Award and selected for the CCBC Choices 2004 list. Native Americans Today
Students are introduced to Native Americans with a realistic understanding of Native culture and history. Through reproducible activities, biographies of real people, and accurate background information, this book shows students how Native Americans live today. American Indian Stereotypes in the World of Children: A Reader and Bibliography
Chocked full of essays, articles, recommended (and not recommended) materials, this book is vital for anyone concerned with accuracy and fairness about American Indian peoples. |
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