American Indians

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English · 1898 · 5h 10m · Social Science, History

4.7 (9 reviews)

School students is Starr's intended audience of this work. The easy-to-read stories discuss and describe a wide range of topics such as food, money exchange, dances, hunting, dress, war, burials. Over two-dozen North American tribes are reviewed in the book. - Summary by Mario Pineda

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Preface. - I. Some General Facts About Indians 11:03 Read by mpinedag
II. Houses 9:11 Read by mpinedag
III. Dress 8:56 Read by mpinedag
IV. The Baby and Child 8:59 Read by mpinedag
V. Stories of Indians 11:53 Read by mpinedag
VI. War 8:40 Read by mpinedag
VII. Hunting and Fishing 9:48 Read by mpinedag
VIII. The Camp-Fire 9:00 Read by mpinedag
IX. Sign Language on the Plains 8:45 Read by mpinedag
X. Picture Writing 8:43 Read by mpinedag
XI. Money 10:14 Read by mpinedag
XII. Medicine Men and Secret Societies 7:35 Read by mpinedag
XIII. Dances and Ceremonials 10:28 Read by mpinedag
XIV. Burial and Graves 8:55 Read by mpinedag
XV. Mounds and Their Builders 11:43 Read by mpinedag
XVI. The Algonkins 10:01 Read by mpinedag
XVII. The Six Nations 10:19 Read by mpinedag
XVIII. Story of Mary Jemison 9:36 Read by mpinedag
XIX. The Creeks 9:23 Read by mpinedag
XX. The Pani 9:09 Read by mpinedag
XXI. The Cherokees 9:56 Read by mpinedag
XXII. George Catlin and His Work 9:18 Read by mpinedag
XXIII. The Sun Dance 8:33 Read by mpinedag
XXIV. The Pueblos 9:58 Read by mpinedag
XXV. The Snake Dance 9:27 Read by mpinedag
XXVI. Cliff Dwellings and Ruins of the Southwest 9:10 Read by mpinedag
XXVII. Tribes of the Northwest Coast 9:13 Read by mpinedag
XXVIII. Some Raven Stories 7:57 Read by mpinedag
XXIX. Totem Posts 7:24 Read by mpinedag
XXX. Indians of California 9:05 Read by mpinedag
XXXI. The Aztecs 8:53 Read by mpinedag
XXXII. The Mayas and the Ruined Cities of Yucatan and Central America 9:16 Read by mpinedag
XXXIII. Conclusion 10:03 Read by mpinedag

Reviews

American Indians-Fredric Starr


(4 stars)

I was struck by the early plundering of Native American graves by early collectors. If we now were able to excavate the sites we could have learned much more about the cultures. It’s a sad loss of valuable information regarding the Stone Age cultures of those before the people we now call Native Americans.