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    Native tribes of North America
    Encyclopedia of native tribes of North America / Michael G. Johnson ; color plates by Richard Hook.

    • Title:[Native tribes of North America]
      Encyclopedia of native tribes of North America / Michael G. Johnson ; color plates by Richard Hook.
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    • Variant Title:Native tribes of North America
    • Author/Creator:Johnson, Michael, 1937-2019 author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Hook, Richard, 1938-2010 illustrator.
    • Published/Created:Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc. ; Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books Ltd., [2014]
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Indians of North America--Encyclopedias.
    • Genre/Form:Encyclopedias.
    • Edition:Second edition.
    • Description:336 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm
    • Summary:"This superb, fully illustrated reference offers the most up-to-date and essential facts on the identity, kinships, locations, populations and cultural characteristics of some 400 separately identifiable peoples native to the North American continent, both living and extinct, from the Canadian Arctic to the Rio Grande. This revised edition adds 32 pages, updates all facts and provides improved illustrations and maps. The abundance of illustrations and photographs form an especially rich store of material describing the vast range of Native American material culture. The maps are valuable pictorial representations of major historical events. Population and settlement trends based on the most recent US Census paint detailed portraits of all officially recognized tribes"--Amazon.com.
    • Notes:"Featuring improved illustrations, numerous updates based on new scholarship and a new section of maps detailing the First Nations in Canada and native peoples of Alaska, this book is organized by tribal regions and linguistic families: Plateau, Great Basin, California, Southwest, Northwest Coast, Subarctic and Arctic, as well as Plains and Prairie, Northeastern Woodlands and Southeastern Woodlands, which have been improved substantially"--Page 4 of cover.
      Originally published under the title: The native tribes of North America.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781770854611 (bound)
      1770854614 (bound)
    • Contents:Classification of Indian languages
      Tribes and cultures. Northeastern Woodlands ; Southeastern Woodlands ; Plains and Prairie ; Plateau ; Great Basin ; California ; Southwest ; Northwest Coast ; Subarctic ; Arctic
      Maps detailing the First Nations of Canada and native people of Alaska
      The Indian today
      Glossary
      Native populations
      Museums.
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