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Turtle Island : the Story of North America's First People / Eldon Yellowhorn & Kathy Lowinger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto ; Berkeley : Annick Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 116 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781554519446
  • 1554519446
  • 9781554519439
  • 1554519438
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Contents:
A glimpse into the past -- The beginning: Turtle Island -- Finding our way to the past -- North America in the days of ice -- Listening to the land -- Ideas spread -- Change-makers -- First contact -- In the year 1491 -- After the end of the world -- Healing the circle.
Summary: Discover the amazing story of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the end of the Ice Age to the arrival of the Europeans. You'll learn what people ate, how they expressed themselves through art, and how they adapted to the land. Archaeologists have been able to piece together what life may have been like pre-contact-- and how life changed with the arrival of the Europeans.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 970.0049 Y43 Available 33111008977627
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 970.0049 Y43 Available 33111008852861
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Discover the amazing story of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the end of the Ice Age to the arrival of the Europeans.


* EUREKA! Nonfiction Children's Book Awards Honoree * Waterloo Red Maple Nonfiction Award Winner * Rocky Mountain Book Award Nominee


"Deftly weaves together traditional narratives with archaeology."--Jennifer Raff in Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas

Unlike most books that chronicle the history of Native peoples beginning with the arrival of Europeans in 1492, this book goes back to the Ice Age to give young readers a glimpse of what life was like pre-contact. The title, Turtle Island , refers to a Native story that explains how North and Central America were formed on the back of a turtle. Based on archeological finds and scientific research, we now have a clearer picture of how the Indigenous people lived. Using that knowledge, the authors take the reader back as far as 14,000 years ago to imagine moments in time.

A wide variety of topics are featured, from the animals that came and disappeared over time, to what people ate, how they expressed themselves through art, and how they adapted to their surroundings. The importance of story-telling among the Native peoples is always present to shed light on how they explained their world. The end of the book takes us to modern times when the story of the Native peoples is both tragic and hopeful.

Discover the amazing story of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the end of the Ice Age to the arrival of the Europeans. You'll learn what people ate, how they expressed themselves through art, and how they adapted to the land. Archaeologists have been able to piece together what life may have been like pre-contact-- and how life changed with the arrival of the Europeans.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A glimpse into the past -- The beginning: Turtle Island -- Finding our way to the past -- North America in the days of ice -- Listening to the land -- Ideas spread -- Change-makers -- First contact -- In the year 1491 -- After the end of the world -- Healing the circle.

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