Magazine Article

Nations of the Eastern Great Lakes Life of the Powhatan Life of the California Coast Nations (Native Nations of North America)

Fuhr, Elaine, Kalman, Bobbie, Sjonger, Rebecca, Aloian, Molly

2005

Overview

Life of the California Coast Nations. (Native Nations of North America). Farming helped many nations thrive. Women planted the seeds and looked after the fields. They grew three main crops-corn, beans, and squash-which they called the \"three sisters.\" Women tended the crops during the growing season using tools made from wood, stone, and animal bones. Women were also responsible for collecting the harvests. (From Nations of the Eastern Great Lakes.) Nations of the Eastern Great Lakes introduces, in great detail, the tribes of the Great Lakes region that eventually joined to form the Wendat and Haudenosaunee Confederacies. The material discusses daily life, government and contact with Europeans. This contact greatly changed the lives of these native people, an important topic discussed within the book's pages. Because the information in this book is pertinent to both Canada and the United States, both countries are mentioned, along with minor differences in terminology.

• Publisher: CM: Canadian Review of Materials Association
• Subject: Childrens literature / History / Native culture / Native North Americans