American Indians

A stranger approaches Santo Domingo, and the pueblo’s governor brings him home—where his wife sets out cakes and coffee before he has even explored the town.

In this late-nineteenth-century book for young readers, Frederick Starr looks beyond the familiar picture of Indians as restless hunters. He introduces a world of settled villages, Iroquois longhouses shared by many families, women with influence in public life, and hundreds of distinct languages. Starr’s examples range from the Five Nations of New York to the Pueblo communities of New Mexico, revealing how much Native life varied from place to place. As these societies face rapid change, what might young readers discover by looking closely at the homes, work, and customs of the people who lived here first?

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