{"product_id":"9781770854611","title":"Encyclopedia of Native Tribes of North America","description":"\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\"A model of excellence in the art of reference volume publishing... Every public and school library... should acquire this treasure. It will remain the standard for many years to come.\"\u003c\/i\u003e  --Dr. James A. Clifton, Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan University   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\"This substantial reference remains one of the most elaborately illustrated books on Native Americans now in print... Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/i\u003e  --Library Journal   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  This superb, fully illustrated reference offers the most up-to-date and essential facts on the identity, kinships, locations, populations and cultural characteristics of some 400 separately identifiable peoples native to the North American continent, both living and extinct, from the Canadian Arctic to the Rio Grande.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The abundance of illustrations and photographs form an especially rich store of material describing the vast range of Native American material culture. The maps are valuable pictorial representations of major historical events. Population and settlement trends based on the most recent US Census paint detailed portraits of all officially recognized tribes.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The book includes:  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003e More than 600 color and archival photographs \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Extensive visual coverage of tribal dress and cultural artifacts \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e 46 maps, including prehistoric cultural and historic sites and tribe distribution maps, as well as maps showing movement of tribes and non-indigenous troops during conflicts \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e More than 100 specially commissioned color illustrations. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cp\u003e  Comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date, \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Native Tribes of North America\u003c\/i\u003e is an important and accessible record of the Native American peoples and an essential addition to all school and library collections.   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael G. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Firefly Books |  Hardback | Laminated cover |  2014-10-17","offer_id":46011337310463,"sku":"9781770854611","price":49.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_538982ea-ca3e-4f2d-b362-217025fcced7.jpg?v=1723050442","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781770854611","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}