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An informative study of the Iroquois nation covering their history, religion, customs, festivals, daily life, how they hunted, and the tools and weapons they used.

Arranged by region, this illustrated collection includes stories, legends, poems, and traditional craft projects of Native American peoples from the Arctic to Mexico. The glossary will help students understand the various peoples and their languages. Winner of the 1995 Book Builder's of Boston Award for Excellence in Graphic Arts.

Before the intrusion of the White Man, the people of the five tribes or nations (later, six) which comprised the League of the Iroquois controlled much of the lands in the vicinity of Lake Ontario. Sometime in the sixteenth century, the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas founded a lasting confederation which later became an example for the federal Constitution and which persists to the present day. In 1722, the five were joined by the Tuscaroras from the south and became then known as the Six Nations.

Takes young readers on a canoe trip along one of America's greatest waterways, from its terminus in Buffalo on Lake Erie to Albany, using full-color and historical photographs and text to explore the canal's technological and historical significance.