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The Indian How Book (Dover Children's Classics) - Paperback - GOOD
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- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
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- ISBN
- 9780486217673
- Book Title
- Indian How Book
- Book Series
- Dover Children's Ser.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 1975
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- History, Social Science, Juvenile Fiction
- Topic
- Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, People & Places / United States / Native American, Native American
- Item Weight
- 15.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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How did the Indians do things? How did they make their canoes, tipis, traps, bark lodges, and war bonnets? How did they treat women, marry, talk, and dress? How did they hunt, use the peace pipe, perform the sun dance, make magic, gather medicine, and send signals? All these Hows and many more are described in this book by Arthur C. Parker (Gawaso Wanneh) from his personal experience and knowledge of Indian life. Each of the 74 sections on how the Indians did something is a fascinating and revealing exposition of Indian lore including many little-known facts. Before the advent of the iron ax, for example, Indians used to cut down trees with a combination of fire and stone hatchets and before iron wire came into being, they made fishhooks from the leg or wine bone of a large bird. The author explains these and many other processes in detail. If you wish, you can make your own canoe, tan buckskin, or Indian design. You will also learn the true behavior of Indians, such as: how they were not taciturn (as pictured in numerous erroneous movies) but laughed and joked much of the time; how many Indians were not nomadic hunters but settlers who got most of their food from farming; and how, in general, Indians were not savages but native Americans who had a culture of their own with an educational system and the land, a religious belief in the spirits of the other world, and a veneration of the values of courage, integrity, honor, and generosity. For anyone with little or no knowledge of the American Indian, this book will be a revelation and a challenge to our modern way of life. For readers who have some acquaintance with Indian history or anthropology, this book offers a practical guide to over 70 of the crafts, methods, and activities of these first and best American naturalists. When it comes to getting closer to the land in body or in spirit, there is no better teacher than the American Indian.
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Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486217671
ISBN-13
9780486217673
eBay Product ID (ePID)
795847
Product Key Features
Book Title
Indian How Book
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1975
Topic
Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, People & Places / United States / Native American, Native American
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Reprint
Genre
History, Social Science, Juvenile Fiction
Book Series
Dover Children's Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Lccn
74-018592
Grade from
Third Grade
Grade to
Eighth Grade
Edition Description
Reprint
Lc Classification Number
E77
Table of Content
I: THE HOW OF INDIAN THINGS I. THE ART OF MAKING THINGS II. HOW INDIANS MADE FIRE III. HOW INDIANS MADE THEIR TIPIS IV. HOW INDIANS LIVED IN THEIR TIPIS V. HOW INDIANS MADE BARK HOUSES VI. HOW INDIANS MADE CANOES VII. HOW INDIANS MADE WAR BONNETS VIII. HOW INDIANS MADE THEIR TRAPS IX. HOW INDIANS MADE THEIR FISHHOOKS X. HOW INDIANS MADE THEIR ARROWHEADS XI. HOW INDIANS CUT DOWN TREES XII. HOW INDIANS MADE WAMPUM XIII. HOW INDIANS USED WAMPUM XIV. HOW INDIANS MADE MASKS XV. HOW INDIANS MADE COLORS XVI. HOW INDIANS TANNED BUCKSKIN XVII. HOW INDIANS MADE RAWHIDE XVIII. HOW INDIANS MADE BASKETS XIX. HOW INDIANS MADE POTTERY XX. HOW INDIANS DREW THEIR DESIGNS II. THE INDIAN HIMSELF XXI. HOW INDIANS COURTED XXII. HOW INDIANS MARRIED XXIII. HOW INDIANS TREATED WOMEN XXIV. HOW INDIAN BOYS AND GIRLS WENT TO SCHOOL XXV. HOW INDIANS WALKED XXVI. HOW INDIANS BATHED XXVII. HOW INDIANS SMELLED XXVIII. HOW INDIANS CUT THEIR HAIR XXIX. HOW INDIANS PAINTED THEIR FACES XXX. HOW INDIANS GAVE THEIR GREETINGS XXXI. HOW INDIANS TALKED XXXII. HOW INDIANS CRACKED THEIR JOKES XXXIII. HOW INDIANS DANCED XXXIV. HOW INDIANS SANG XXXV. HOW INDIANS PLAYED GAMES XXXVI. HOW BAD WERE THE INDIANS? III: DRESS AND ORNAMENT XXXVII. HOW INDIANS DRESSED XXXVIII. HOW INDIANS MADE THEIR HATS XXXIX. HOW INDIANS MADE THEIR MOCCASINS XL. HOW INDIANS EMBROIDERED IV: THE FOOD QUEST XLI. HOW INDIANS FOUND FOOD IN FOREST XLII. HOW INDIANS COOKED THEIR FOOD XLIII. HOW INDIANS ATE THEIR FOOD XLIV. HOW INDIANS MADE THEIR GARDENS XLV. HOW INDIANS PREPARED FOR THE HUNT XLVI. HOW INDIANS HUNTED THE BUFFALO XLVII. HOW INDIANS HUNTED GAME XLVIII. HOW INDIANS GATHERED MEDICINE V: CEREMONIES AND MYSTERIES XLIX. HOW INDIANS TOOK THEIR OATHS L. HOW INDIANS HELD SECRET LODGES LI. HOW INDIANS DREAMED OF THEIR TOTEMS LII. HOW INDIANS MADE MAGIC LIII. HOW INDIAN WITCHES WORKED THEIR SPELLS LIV. HOW INDIANS OVERCAME WITCHES LV. HOW INDIANS TALKED TO ANIMALS LVI. HOW INDIANS VENERATED THE EAGLE LVII. HOW INDIANS TAMED ANIMALS LVIII. HOW INDIANS USED THE CALUMET VI: STRANGE DANCES LIX. HOW THE SUN DANCE WAS PERFORMED LX. HOW THE GHOST DANCE WAS DONE LXI. HOW INDIANS DANCED WITH SNAKES VII: WAR AND STRATEGY LXII. HOW INDIAN TRAILS WERE MADE LXIII. HOW INDIANS SENT SIGNALS LXIV. HOW INDIANS TRACKED AND ELUDED THEIR ENEMIES LXV. HOW INDIANS SWAM UNDER WATER LXVI. HOW INDIANS SWAM RAN THE GAUNTLET LXVII. HOW INDIANS WENT TO WAR LXVIII. HOW INDIANS SCALPED THEIR FOES LXIX. HOW INDIANS CONDUCTED ADOPTIONS LXX. HOW INDIANS USED EAGLE FEATHERS LXXI. HOW THE WAR BONNET WAS MADE AN HONOR SIGN VIII: FACTS ABOUT INDIANS LXXII. HOW INDIANS CAME TO AMERICA LXXIII. HOW INDIANS MADE THE UNITED STATES LXXIV. HOW CIVILIZED ARE THE INDIANS TO-DAY?
Copyright Date
1975
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