Description

A comprehensive guide to the history, culture, and religious beliefs and practices of America’s native people, The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans tells the varied and colourful stories of the tribes, their greatest leaders, wars, pacts, and the long-lasting impact that their profound wisdom and spirituality has on the West today.
Containing a fascinating and comprehensive list of A-Z entries, including a series of essays, this encyclopedia will highlight:

Rituals and Ceremonies
Sacred Sites
The Arrival of the Europeans
Shamanism
Totems
The Warrior
The Afterlife
The First Nation Today
The Reservations
The Visionary World
Ancestors and Spirits

Illustrated throughout, including charts of the totem animals belonging to each clan and maps of tribal areas.