Shows the Indians as they were--their beliefs, their customs, their appearance--and provides an understanding of what they are today. Lavishly illustrated with both colored and black and white photographs.

I am alive -- Across an Arctic bridge -- Nomads of the north -- Woodmen and villagers of the East -- About language : a richness of words, a Babel of tongues -- Farmers and raiders of the Southwest -- Fishermen and foragers of the West -- Horsemen of the Plains -- The clash of cultures -- From Wounded Knee to Wounded Knee -- Tribal supplement.