Copper-skinned Indians ran down the beach to greet Christopher Columbus in the year 1492. Although Columbus didn't know it, groups of these remarkable people were all over the Americas, some were warlike hunters, others peaceful farmers. Some lived in the North in log houses, others in the Far West apartment houses!

Here is the story of these first Americans: how they lived, the contributions they made to our life today, and how their lives have changed since the coming of the white man. There are tales about famous Indians, such as Sitting Bull, who organized the Plains Indians for peace; Sacajawea, who led Lewis and Clark across the Rockies; and Sequoya, who invented a unique system of writing. There's a wonderful section about Indians Where You Live, which gives the meanings of Indian names of the towns, rivers, and mountains near your home.

Oliver La Farge, noted author, ethnologist and president of the Association on American Indian Affairs, says about The Real Book About Indians:

"This is a badly needed book, the first that I have seen that one may place in the hands of an interested child without feeling it necessary to make any corrections. It is readable, inclusive, and technically correct."

From the dust jacket