School students is Starr's intended audience of this work. The easy-to-read stories discuss and describe a wide range of topics such as food, money exchange, dances, hunting, dress, war, burials. Over two-dozen North American tribes are reviewed in the book. - Summary by Mario Pineda
Chapters
1 Preface. - I. Some General Facts About Indians 11 min 2 II. Houses 9 min 3 III. Dress 9 min 4 IV. The Baby and Child 9 min 5 V. Stories of Indians 12 min 6 VI. War 9 min 7 VII. Hunting and Fishing 10 min 8 VIII. The Camp-Fire 9 min 9 IX. Sign Language on the Plains 9 min 10 X. Picture Writing 9 min 11 XI. Money 10 min 12 XII. Medicine Men and Secret Societies 8 min 13 XIII. Dances and Ceremonials 10 min 14 XIV. Burial and Graves 9 min 15 XV. Mounds and Their Builders 12 min 16 XVI. The Algonkins 10 min 17 XVII. The Six Nations 10 min 18 XVIII. Story of Mary Jemison 10 min 19 XIX. The Creeks 9 min 20 XX. The Pani 9 min 21 XXI. The Cherokees 10 min 22 XXII. George Catlin and His Work 9 min 23 XXIII. The Sun Dance 9 min 24 XXIV. The Pueblos 10 min 25 XXV. The Snake Dance 9 min 26 XXVI. Cliff Dwellings and Ruins of the Southwest 9 min 27 XXVII. Tribes of the Northwest Coast 9 min 28 XXVIII. Some Raven Stories 8 min 29 XXIX. Totem Posts 7 min 30 XXX. Indians of California 9 min 31 XXXI. The Aztecs 9 min 32 XXXII. The Mayas and the Ruined Cities of Yucatan and Central America 9 min 33 XXXIII. Conclusion 10 min
