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The Cultures of native North Americans / general editor, Christian F. Feest ; contributors, Cora Bender ... [et al.]. - Cologne : Könemann, c2000. - 480 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 33 cm.

English translation of: Kulturen der Nordamerikanischen Indianer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins and past of indigenous North America -- Arctic -- Subarctic -- Northeast -- Southeast -- Prairies and plains -- Plateau -- Northwest coast -- Great Basin -- California -- Southwest -- Present and future of indigenous North America.

The world of the buffalo hunters, the Pueblo people, the fishermen of the Pacific rainforests and many other cultural groups are resurrected in this book. Everyday life is portrayed - the totems, rituals, observances, shamans, holy clowns, hostilities, food gathering - in detail, and ethnologists explain the amazing diversity of culture.

ISBN: 3829029853 9783829029858

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indians of North America.
Indians of North America--History--South Dakota--18th century--Fiction.
Indians of North America--Pictorial works.

Dewey Class. No.: 970.004