Daily Life in a Plains Indian Village 1868 Hardcover - 1999

Details

• Title Daily Life in a Plains Indian Village 1868
• Author Michael Terry
• Binding Hardcover
• Edition First edition
• Pages 48
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Clarion Books, New York
• Date August 23, 1999
• Illustrated Yes
• ISBN 9780395945421 / 0395945429
• Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
• Dimensions 12.51 x 9.5 x 0.43 in (31.78 x 24.13 x 1.09 cm)
• Ages 10 to 12 years
• Grade levels 5 - 7
• Reading level 1250
• Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America - Great Plains, Indians of North America - Great Plains -
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 98032382
• Dewey Decimal Code 978.004

"short paragraphs of fascinating information. . . . An interesting addition to any collection." School Library Journal

"Introducing this overview of everyday life in a Plains Indian village circa 1868 is a map locating tribal lands of the Plains Indians. Contemporary Native Americans pose as models depicting the full regalia of the Cheyenne, Lakota Sioux, Crow, and Blackfeet. In re-enactment style, reminiscent of a visit to a living history village, each actor' then personifies a member in the family of Real Bird, a northern Cheyenne warrior from the plains of southeastern Montana. A staged full-color photograph of family members engaged in role-specific work, leisure, food preparation, warfare, trade, and ritual is at the center of each spread, surrounded by additional text and captions that expand each topic. Sees the Berries Woman and Pretty Plume Woman demonstrate the construction of a tipi in a frame-by-frame, five-step procedure; warriors and chiefs hold council in a pre-battle ceremony; Timber Leader shows off a bearskin that gives him healing powers. Artifacts such as beadwork, weapons, tools, toys,and medicine objects lend authenticity to this informative survey and history of the culture. (chronology, glossary, index)" Kirkus Reviews