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American Indians

Frederick Starr (1858 - 1933)

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

Genre(s): Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Language: English

Keyword(s): american indians (12), indigenous customs (1)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Preface. - I. Some General Facts About Indians	mpinedag	00:11:03
Play 02	II. Houses	mpinedag	00:09:11
Play 03	III. Dress	mpinedag	00:08:56
Play 04	IV. The Baby and Child	mpinedag	00:08:59
Play 05	V. Stories of Indians	mpinedag	00:11:53
Play 06	VI. War	mpinedag	00:08:40
Play 07	VII. Hunting and Fishing	mpinedag	00:09:48
Play 08	VIII. The Camp-Fire	mpinedag	00:09:00
Play 09	IX. Sign Language on the Plains	mpinedag	00:08:45
Play 10	X. Picture Writing	mpinedag	00:08:43
Play 11	XI. Money	mpinedag	00:10:14
Play 12	XII. Medicine Men and Secret Societies	mpinedag	00:07:35
Play 13	XIII. Dances and Ceremonials	mpinedag	00:10:28
Play 14	XIV. Burial and Graves	mpinedag	00:08:55
Play 15	XV. Mounds and Their Builders	mpinedag	00:11:43
Play 16	XVI. The Algonkins	mpinedag	00:10:01
Play 17	XVII. The Six Nations	mpinedag	00:10:19
Play 18	XVIII. Story of Mary Jemison	mpinedag	00:09:36
Play 19	XIX. The Creeks	mpinedag	00:09:23
Play 20	XX. The Pani	mpinedag	00:09:09
Play 21	XXI. The Cherokees	mpinedag	00:09:56
Play 22	XXII. George Catlin and His Work	mpinedag	00:09:18
Play 23	XXIII. The Sun Dance	mpinedag	00:08:33
Play 24	XXIV. The Pueblos	mpinedag	00:09:58
Play 25	XXV. The Snake Dance	mpinedag	00:09:27
Play 26	XXVI. Cliff Dwellings and Ruins of the Southwest	mpinedag	00:09:10
Play 27	XXVII. Tribes of the Northwest Coast	mpinedag	00:09:13
Play 28	XXVIII. Some Raven Stories	mpinedag	00:07:57
Play 29	XXIX. Totem Posts	mpinedag	00:07:24
Play 30	XXX. Indians of California	mpinedag	00:09:05
Play 31	XXXI. The Aztecs	mpinedag	00:08:53
Play 32	XXXII. The Mayas and the Ruined Cities of Yucatan and Central America	mpinedag	00:09:16
Play 33	XXXIII. Conclusion	mpinedag	00:10:03

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