OUT OF PRINT The Delaware by Raymond Bial is part of the Lifeways series published by Benchmark Books. This title discusses the culture and history of the Delaware Nation. Throughout the book, there are numerous colour and archival photographs that enhance this resource for grade 6 to high school students.
OUT OF PRINT The Menominee by Raymond Bial is part of the Lifeways series published by Benchmark Books. This title discusses the culture and history of the Menominee Nation. Throughout the book, there are numerous colour and archival photographs that enhance this resource for grade 6 to high school students.
OUT OF PRINT This volume of the Lifeways Series includes the Cree of James Bay as well as the Cree of Western Canada.
OUT OF PRINT This title is no longer available from the publisher
OUT OF PRINT The Blackfeet by Raymond Bial is part of the Lifeways series published by Benchmark Books. This title discusses the culture and history of the Blackfeet (Siksika) Nation. This Plains confederacy included three individual First Nations: the Blood or Kainai, Piegan (Peigan), and Blackfoot (Siksika). Their traditional homeland extended from Alberta to Montana. The book opens with a brief version of the Blackfeet creation story that features Napi. The remainder of the chapter describes the geography of their Plains homeland.
OUT OF PRINT The Tlingit by Raymond Bial is part of the Lifeways series published by Benchmark Books. This title discusses the culture and history of the Tlingit Nation. This Pacific Northwest cultural group lived along the coast of southeastern Alaska. The author begins the book with a brief version of the Tlingit creation story about Raven bringing light to the world. The text goes on to explain the standard anthropological theory about the origins of North American Indians. First contact for the Tlingit occurred in 1741 when Russians came to their territory.
OUT OF PRINT The Inuit by Raymond Bial is part of the Lifeways series published by Benchmark Books. This title discusses the culture and history of the Inuit (Eskimo) of Canadian Arctic, Russia, Alaska, and Greenland. These Arctic and Subarctic people were once known as Eskimo. The author points out that today, the people prefer to be called Inuit. The first chapter includes a version of the Inuit creation story as well as the standard anthropological theory about Inuit origins.
OUT OF PRINT The Wampanoag by Raymond Bial is part of the Lifeways series published by Benchmark Books. This title discusses the culture and history of the Wampanoag Nation. Original homelands along the Atlantic coast in what is now Rhode Island and Massachusetts provided rich natural resources for this Algonquian-speaking people.
OUT OF PRINT The Ojibwe by Raymond Bial is part of the Lifeways series published by Benchmark Books. This title discusses the culture and history of the Ojibwe (Anishinabe) Nation. The Ojibwe are sometimes called the Chippewa or Ojibway and their traditional homeland was the northern Great Lakes region. The book begins with a brief version of the creation story, The Birth of Nanabohzo. The author also includes the standard anthropological origin theory regarding the migration of First Nations across the Bering Strait.
OUT OF PRINT The Huron by Raymond Bial is part of the Lifeways series published by Benchmark Books. This title discusses the culture and history of the Wendat or Huron Nation. The original homeland of the Huron was situated between Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe in Ontario. The author begins the book with a version of the Huron creation story. He goes on to explain that the history and culture of the Huron is known only through early writings by Europeans such as Samuel de Champlain, and Jesuit missionaries.
