Through artefacts, stories (passed down from generation to generation) and contemporary artworks, this book explains how to look at and appreciate Native American culture. What do certain animals represent? What does a shaman do? How does the tactile world, the animal world and the Spirit world interact? What do certain symbols mean? Of the more than 500 known tribes nearly 50 are represented, from all parts of the country. This book includes an index and a glossary of tribes.

 

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Abrams .

Ari Berk is the author of the Undertaken trilogy and Nightsong, illustrated by Loren Long. He works in a library filled to the ceiling with thousands of arcane books and more than a few wondrous artifacts. When not writing, he moonlights as professor of mythology and folklore at Central Michigan University. He lives in Michigan with his wife and son. Visit him at AriBerk. com.