SOLVED. Non-fiction. Visual guide of the North American Indian Tribes. Illustrated in style of the Eyewitness guides. Details of artifacts and clothing used by each tribe, cultural identity, etc. About 300 pages. Read in 1992. [s]

[Ester]

I visited Yellowstone Park in 1992, and was able to attend the Powwow held on the Crow Indian Reservation, and was fascinated with the Indian culture. I bought a visual guide of all the tribes of North America in the style of the Eyewitness guides, with details of the artifacts and clothing used by each tribe, as well as physical features and cultural identity. Unfortunately I had to leave that book behind because it was shared with someone else who insisted on keeping it. Now I'm looking for it, but I can't find it. The Eyewitness editions that I have found on American Indians are for children and are barely 70 pages long, and the one I am looking for was in large size with about 300 pages. Does anyone recognize this book? Do you know if it is still being published? Thank you

[Joseph]

Maybe A Guide to America's Indians, by Arnold Marquis?

[Ester]

Thanks for the suggestion, Joseph, but I don't think so. The one I am looking for is more visual (Eyewitness guides style), and explain more about artifacts of each tribe and less about relationships with government, and sure nothing about journalism.

[Joseph]

Ok, maybe Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, by Carl Waldman. Originally published in 1988.

[Ester]

Joseph wrote: "Ok, maybe Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, by Carl Waldman. Originally published in 1988."

Maybe Joseph. Has anyone some images of the inside pages? It will be very helpful!!

[Joseph]

Here's a page: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18CkK...

Maybe not as visual as we'd hoped.

[Ester]

Joseph wrote: "Here's a page: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18CkK...

Maybe not as visual as we'd hoped."

Nice try, but not as visual as I remember. Thanks for your efforts Joseph. Perhaps I bought an old version of one of Eyewitness DK Guides, not edited anymore.

[Joseph]

Could be, but those are only around 70 or so pages long.

A real puzzle, this one is!

[Joseph]

This is the closest thing yet, I believe.

Michael G Johnson has The Native Tribes Of North America: A Concise Encyclopedia. If you look hard enough you can get a version of this published in 1992. See link below.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

[Joseph]

Images from a much more recent edition can be seen here:
https://www.fireflybooks.com/catalogu...

[Kris]

Joseph's suggestion of The Native Tribes Of North America: A Concise Encyclopedia by Michael G. Johnson looks promising.

Here are more sample page images - https://www.amazon.com/Native-Tribes-...

Note: There are different cover images (which may be hard to find with the new Goodreads page design).

[Kris]

I added some details to the header/ topic title. Feel free to edit it.

[Ester]

I think that the book I am looking for is The Native Americans. The indigenous people of Northamerica, by Colin F. Taylor.
https://images.app.goo.gl/1d8zQit3c1J...

Thank you very much for your patience and collaboration!!! I have found one used in Amazon, and I have bought it!! I will tell you if this is definitely the book that I remember.

[Kris]

Google Books has only a snippet preview of The Native Americans: The Indigenous People Of North America by Colin F. Taylor. You might get lucky searching for keywords.

https://books.google.com/books?id=OV9... There are different cover images.

If you search for "beads", you can see part of a distinctive black-and-white line drawing in the search results below.

[SamSpayedPI]

The Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America is available at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/nativeame...

You need to be a member to borrow books, but membership is free; you only need to give them an email address.

[Ester]

SamSpayedPI wrote: "The Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America is available at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/nativeame...

You need to be a membe..."

Thank you!!! That was very useful!! This is the book I am looking for, I did not think I could find it, you have been very kind and patient with me. I'm very happy!!

[SamSpayedPI]

You're welcome; it's a great site.