General description of all aspects of Indian life (language, subsistence, art, clothing, etc.) considerably revised from the first edition published in 1961. Now includes chapters on Indian-white relations since 1492 for the main geographic areas. Term Indians includes Eskimo.

Includes index.

Map 1. Some archaeological cultures and sites -- Map 2. Culture areas -- Map 3. Dominent types of subsistence -- Map 4. Subsistence areas -- Map 5. Natural vegetation areas -- Map 6. Native population density -- Map 7. Maize and cotton -- Map 8. Horticultural sexual division of labor -- Map 9. Salt -- Map 10. Dominant species of tobacco -- Map 11. Probable aboriginal sources of tobacco -- Map 12. Alcoholic beverages -- Map 13. Peyote -- Map 14. Other narcotics -- Map 15. Dominant house types -- Map 16. Conical and subconical houses -- Map 17. Semisubterranean houses, tunnel entrances, and hammocks -- Map 18. Multifamily houses -- Map 19. Dominant house-building division of labor -- Map 20. Sweating -- Map 21. Dominant clothing materials -- Map 22. Moccasins -- Map 23. Dominant noncooking containers -- Map 24. Twining or coiling of baskets, bags, or mats -- Map 25. Plaiting of baskets, bags, or mats -- Map 26. Weaving devices -- Map 27. Pottery vessels -- Map 28. Craft specialization -- Map 29. Land tenure -- Map 30. Ownership and inheritance of dwellings -- Map 31. Postnuptial residence -- Map 32. Descent -- Map 33. Number of multiple sibs -- Map 34. Moieties -- Map 35. Mother-aunt terms of reference -- Map 36. Sexual dominance in subsistence pursuits -- Map 37. Language families -- Map 38-44. Principal Indian tribes of North America.