Indians of the Eastern Woodlands

by Rae Bains

Book Overview

Describes the history, customs, religion, government, homes, and people of the four main Indian groups that lived in the woodlands of the Northeast. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816701180
• ISBN13: 9780816701186
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Troll Communications Llc
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.3" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

Well illustrated

Mark Hannon is listed as the illustrator. He did an excellent job. This little book of 29 pages was published in 1985 and may be considered out-of-date now (it was discarded by at least one local library this year). But if you consider that not much has changed in the history of Native Americans since 1985, it may still be a good read for young people interested in the topic. I recommend it. Discussed are the four main tribal groups who lived between Canada and Florida when Columbus landed. These were the Algonquins, the Iroquois Nation (including the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk), the Creek Confederacy in the Southeast(including the Muskhogee and Seminoles), and the Great Lakes group, including the Sauk, Fox, Shawnee and Winnebago. Do you know what a calumet is? Well, it's the name of a town, but it comes from a name for something that these Native Americans used. Read the book and find out. Also, I wonder does Muskogee, Oklahoma, the name of the town, come from the tribe? Diximus.