Northern Tales: Stories from the Native Peoples of the Arctic and Subarctic Regions. Selected, edited, and retold by Howard Norman. Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library. New York: Pantheon Books, 1998. Originally published as Northern Tales: Traditional Stories of Eskimo and Indian Peoples (...
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"Native Peoples: The Canadian Experience" examines the history and culture of First Nations peoples with a focus on the Canadian experience. It includes twenty-six chapters by anthropologists and ethnohistorians. Seven culture areas are defined: Arctic, Eastern Subarctic, Western Subarctic, Eastern Woo...
Native Americans, also known as American Indians and Indigenous Americans, are the indigenous peoples of the United States. By the time European adventurers arrived in the 15th century A.D., scholars estimate that more than 50 million Native Americans we
That attitude has resulted in a distorted view of the immense depth, diversity and richness of Canadian native art history. Six Regions of Canadian Native Art Arctic Region Necessarily self-sufficient because of their total isolation, people had managed to thrive in the Canadian Arctic for more th...
Use by People:Natives used the stems of Maidenhair Fern in basketry designs. They also used a tea made from the leaves as a hair wash. The Quinault burnt the leaves and rubbed ashes in their hair to make it long, shiny and black. California natives used the stems for pierced earrings,...
The specific number of culture areas delineated for Native America has been somewhat variable because regions are sometimes subdivided or conjoined. The 10 culture areas discussed below are among the most commonly used—theArctic, theSubarctic, theNortheast, theSoutheast, thePlains, theSouthwest, theGr...
The 10 culture areas discussed below are among the most commonly used—the Arctic, the Subarctic, the Northeast, the Southeast, the Plains, the Southwest, the Great Basin, California, the Northwest Coast, and the Plateau. Notably, some scholars prefer to combine the Northeast and Southeast into...
The Wendat (also called the Huron) were a relatively tight alliance of perhaps 20,000–30,000 people who lived in rather dense settlements betweenHudson Bayand theSt. Lawrence River, an area thus known asHuronia. This was the northern limit at which agriculture was possible, and the Wendat ...
Effigy mound, earthen mound in the form of an animal or bird found throughout the north-central United States. Prehistoric Native Americans built a variety of earth berm structures in addition to effigy mounds, including conical, linear, and flat-topped