This title lets you step back in time to North America when the Sioux Blackfoot & other tribes roamed the Great Plains You can discover how they set up camps in tipis & hunted for bison & explore the customs & ceremonies of the many different nomadic groups
- their sacred dances mythical kachina dolls & ornate clothes 15 practical projects draw you into the Native American lifestyle showing how to build a real-life tipi create a pictograph story or join in a Sioux war dance with your very own ankle bells & dance wand It is packed with over 400 photographs & illustrations including maps cross sections & a pictorial timeline to really bring the past to life Ideal for home or school use for 8- to 12-year-olds Marvel at the vast spread of the North American tribes from the Arctic Inuit to the warrior Apache each with its own unique customs & rituals You can discover how explorers colonists & gold-hunters forced the brave Indian chiefs into battle or into hiding & how legendary heroes such as Pocahontas & Sitting Bull reacted to the threat from Europe You can learn the wisdom of these expert craftspeople by making your own stunning objects from a model canoe & a decorated fighting shield to a False Face Mask of the Iroquois tribe