Title: American Indian Tribes
Description: This fully illustrated, comprehensive two-volume set surveys Native American history from the 15th through the 20th centuries and covers wars and battles, government, legal decisions, and Native American contributions to American history as a whole. The coverage in this set begins with overview essays on the ten major cultural/geographical areas: Arctic, California, Great Basin, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plains, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest, and Subarctic. These are followed by more than 300 alphabetically arranged entries on individual tribes. The set concludes with ten appendices: Educational Institutions and Programs; Festivals and Pow-wows; Museums, Archives, and Libraries; Organizations, Agencies, and Societies; Populations of U.S. Reservations; Reservations: US; Reserves and Bands: Canada; Time Line; Mediagraphy; and Bibliography. The final item in this outstanding work is a comprehensive subject index.
Subjects: History, Nonfiction, Reference, Indians of North America, Native American