SACAGAWEA
"She is one of the most well- known, and unknown, figures in United States history. A river, two lakes, and four mountain peaks are named for her, but no one is certain how to pronounce or spell her name. Every child in the United States learns about Sacagawea (sa-CA-ga-we-a), but what does anyone actually know about her? We know for certain that in 1805 and 1806 she traveled with the Lewis and Clark. . . "

SOUTHWEST PEOPLES
"With flat-topped mesas, steep canyons, towering buttes (be-yoots), and scorching deserts, the American Southwest is spectacular to behold. But the land also provides enormous challenges to people living there. For many years, though, Native Americans of the Southwest have lived in harmony with the land. They cherish it and use its resources wisely. Over thousands of years, these people evolved from. . . "

PLAINS INDIANS
"Imagine a time before cities, railroads, highways, and automobiles. Imagine a time when the vast grasslands of America's Great Plains rolled on for thousands of miles with nothing to disturb them but the hooves of buffalo, deer, antelope, and elk. Onto the Great Plains, thousands of years ago, walked small bands of hunters. Over time, their numbers grew. Different groups developed into different. . . "

AMERICA 1492
"The very first Americans were big-game hunters. They came from Asia and carried spears of bone and stone. They weren't searching for a new place to live. They were following the animals they hunted for a living. They stalked giant buffalo and huge woolly mammoths. In North America they found beavers as big as bears. But no jets roared through the skies, and no car horns honked. There were no towns. . . "

NORTHWEST COAST PEOPLES
"Thousands of years ago, humans began to settle along the narrow strip of land that hugs that Pacific Coast from what is now southern Alaska to southern Oregon. It was a land of abundance. Fish and sea mammals crowded the ocean. In spring, salmon left their ocean homes to swim up streams, where they were easily caught. The nearby forests provided berries, meat and edible roots."

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

• Student Almanac of Native American History (Middle School Reference). By Media Projects Incorporated, Greenwood Press (CT), 2003.
• Navajo (Native American Peoples). By D. L. Birchfield, Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2003.
• Native Tribes of the Southeast (Native Tribes of North America). By Michael Johnson and Duncan Clarke, World Almanac Library, 2004.
• Native Americans of the Northwest Plateau (Indigenous Peoples of North America). By Kelly Barth, Lucent Books, 2001.
• Native Americans (Spirit of America Our Cultural Hertiage). By Judy Alter,Child's World, 2002.

ADULT BOOKS

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West. By Dee Alexander Brown, Henry Holt & Company, 2001.
• 500 Nations : An Illustrated History of North American Indians. By Alvin M. Josephy, Gramercy, 2002.
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Native American History. By Walter C. Fleming, Alpha Books, 2003.
• One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark (History of the American West Series). By Colin G. Calloway, University of Nebraska Press, 2003.
• Native Nations: Cultures and Histories of Native North America. By Nancy Bonvillain, Prentice Hall, 2001.

WEBSITES

• The America West - Native Americans: www.americanwest.com/pages/indians.htm
• Native American Settlements in North America: www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/settlements/index.shtml
• Smithsonian Native American Resources: www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmai/start.htm

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

• Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (DC):
  http://www.nmai.si.edu/