The Nez Perce (Native Americans)

Gaines, Richard M.

ISBN 10: 1577653750 ISBN 13: 9781577653752

Publisher: Abdo Group, 2000

This easy-reference series introduces young readers to the first people who made North America their homeland. Each book covers the history of one Native American nation or tribe, and includes these topics:
-- Original homelands
-- Society
-- Homes
-- Food
-- Clothing
-- Children
-- Myths
-- War
-- Important Members
-- Contact with Europeans
-- The Nation/Tribe today
-- Family
-- Crafts

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From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-5-These brief books sympathetically present the history and community life practices of three Native American tribes. While the material is not new, the texts are simple enough for younger and lower-level readers. Effective full-color illustrations of tribal practices and crafts and a few photos are included. Iroquois and Nez Perce include a myth, but the storytellers or sources are not credited. Nez Perce includes Chief Joseph's moving speech. All of the texts, however, are somewhat repetitive, some terms are not adequately explained, and the glossaries are in very small type. Sentences often begin with conjunctions and adverbs, a questionable grammatical example for readers this young. Still, these are adequate introductions to the multiplicity of Native peoples.
Cris Riedel, Ellis B. Hyde Elementary School, Dansville, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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