Description
As the first Americans, hundreds of indigenous bands and nations already lived in North The united states when European explorers first set out to overcome an inhabited land. This book captures the early history of these complex societies and their 500-year struggle to live on against all odds from war, displacement, broken treaties, and boarding schools. Not just a history of tribal nations, Native American History for Kids also includes profiles of famous Native Americans and their many contributions, from early leaders to superstar athlete Jim Thorpe, dancer Maria Tallchief, astronaut John Herrington, writer Sherman Alexie, actor Wes Studi, and more.
Readers may also find out about Indian culture through hands-on activities, such as planting a Three Sisters garden (corn, squash, and beans), making beef jerky in a low-temperature oven, weaving a basket out of folded newspaper strips, deciphering a World War II Navajo Code Talker message, and playing Ball-and-Triangle, a game well liked by Penobscot children. And before they’re finished, readers will likely be inspired to know that the history of the Native American people is the history of all Americans.