Michael G. Johnson

This remarkably thorough and beautifully illustrated encyclopedia provides a complete reference to all of North America's native populations and covers 10 distinct regions.

Looks at the people of the Iroquois Confederacy--the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, and--admitted into the Iroquois as a sixth nation by 1722--the Tuscarora. "Iroquois: People of the Longhouse" details their story up to the present day, when perhaps 50,000 people of Iroquois descent still live on, or near, their reserves in Canada and the U.S., with that many again living in cities. The volume also contains an Iroquois gazetteer, bibliography, and a list of Iroquois reserves and reservations and their populations.

Describes the history, customs, religion, and day-to-day life of the Sioux (also known as Dakota) Indians of the Great Plains.

"Details how Native American culture evolved, the artifacts produced on the continent and the ways they were made, and the techniques of decoration and embellishment that utilized a variety of disparate natural commodities that depended on geographical necessity and abundance"--Jacket flap.

Provides an overview of the Native American peoples, from the Canadian Arctic to the Rio Grande.

An introduction to the history, culture, and people of the many Indian tribes that inhabited the region of the present states of Utah and Nevada and the mountainous area of the northwest United States and southern British Columbia in Canada.

An introduction to the history, culture, and people of the many Indian tribes that inhabited the region along the south Atlantic coast of the United States, around the Gulf of Mexico, and west to the Mississippi River.

Ojibwa describes the history and culture of the people, and introduces their most important figures.