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Author:

Johnson, Michael, 1937-2019, author.

Title:

Encyclopedia of Native tribes of North America / Michael G. Johnson ; color plates by Richard Hook.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publisher:

Firefly Books,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

336 pages : illustrations (black & white and color), color maps ; 30 cm

Subject:

Indians of North America--Encyclopedias.

Notes:

Previously published: Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly Books Ltd., 2014. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword -- Introduction -- Classification of Indian languages -- Tribes and cultures. Northeastern woodlands ; Southeastern woodlands ; Plains and prairie ; Plateau ; Great Basin ; California ; Southwest ; Northwest coast ; Subarctic ; Arctic ; Maps detailing the First Nations of Canada and native people of Alaska -- The Indian today -- Glossary -- Native populations -- Museums -- Select bibliography -- Index

Summary:

"This superb, fully illustrated reference offers the most up-to-date and essential facts on the identity, kinships, locations, populations and cultural characteristics of some 400 separately identifiable peoples native to the North American continent, both living and extinct, from the Canadian Arctic to the Rio Grande."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0228104025
9780228104025

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1289932152

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)