Illustrated essays on the history and cultures of American Indians. Covers geographic locations, languages, spiritual beliefs, customs, and art.

The becoming of the native : man in America before Columbus / N. Scott Momaday -- Northern hunters / Robin Ridington -- People of the salmon / Richard D. Daugherty -- Taking care of the earth and sky / Peter Iverson -- Farmers of the woodlands / Peter Nabokov with Dean Snow -- Men of maize / Miguel Leon-Portilla -- A continent on the move / Louis C. Faron -- In the Realm of the Four Quarters / Alan Kolata -- A richness of voices / Joel Sherzer -- Religious forms and themes / Sam D. Gill -- A kin

The becoming of the native : man in America before Columbus / N. Scott Momaday -- Northern hunters / Robin Ridington -- People of the salmon / Richard D. Daugherty -- Taking care of the earth and sky / Peter Iverson -- Farmers of the woodlands / Peter Nabokov with Dean Snow -- Men of maize / Miguel Leon-Portilla -- A continent on the move / Louis C. Faron -- In the Realm of the Four Quarters / Alan Kolata -- A richness of voices / Joel Sherzer -- Religious forms and themes / Sam D. Gill -- A kinship of spirit / Jay Miller -- American frontiers / Francis Jennings -- Systems of knowledge / Clara Sue Kidwell -- The persuasive world of arts / Christian F. Feest -- Afterword / Vine Deloria, Jr. -- Genetic classification of the languages of the Americas / Joel Sherzer.