If You Lived With The Sioux Indians - Softcover

Mcgovern, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0590451626 ISBN 13: 9780590451628

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, 1992

Synopsis

What if you lived with the Sioux Indians?

If you lived with the Sioux Indians
--Would you hunt for food?
--What kind of home would you live in?
--What would be the bravest thing you could do?

This book tells you what it was like to live as a Sioux Indian in North and South Dakota during the years 1800 to 1850.

About this title

About the Author:

Ann McGovern has written over 35 children's books, including STONE SOUP; several books in the IF YOU LIVED... series; and SCRAM, KID! (Viking, 1974), which won the Horn Book Award. McGovern spent part of her career at Scholastic, where she created the SeeSaw Book Club. McGovern lives in New York City.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

What were good manners?

If a stranger came to your tipi, you would greet him with a word or two. Then the two of you would sit quietly and not say another word for a long time. It was good manners to be quiet.

You would never, never show how you felt in front of a stranger. Even if you were angry or sad, your face would not show it.

If someone in your tribe died, people did show sorrow. The cut their own skin until it bled. They cried and sobbed in public. But it was bad manners to ever again say the name of the dead person.

It was bad manners for a boy to laugh and joke with his sisters or his mother. But there were other people in your family you were supposed to laugh and joke with. It would be bad manners if you didn't.

It was good manner for a Sioux to share everything he had with everyone. Any stranger was invited to share the family's pipe and food. He could even share their clothing if he needed it.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0590451626
• ISBN 13: 9780590451628
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Drew Jean