Title: The native Americans : ethnology and backgrounds of the North American Indians /
Authors: Spencer, Robert F.; Jennings, Jesse D. 1909-1997,
Publisher: Harper & Row,
Year: 1977
Subjects: Indians of North America.; North America Antiquities
Abstract: A comprehensive overview of American Indian history and culture, from prehistory to the present and from the Arctic region to Mesoamerica.
Contents: Perspective -- Language: American Babel -- Arctic and Subarctic -- Northwest coast -- Western North America: plateau, basin, California -- Southwest -- Great Plains -- Eastern woodlands -- Southeast -- Mesoamerica -- American Indian heritage: retrospect and prospect -- Urban Native Americans -- Guide to North American tribes.