Author: Jean Guard Monroe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This superb book about Native American architecture is filled with information about Iroquois longhouses, Navajo hogans, Pawnee earth lodges, and Northwest Coast dwellings. Truly entertaining for the mind and spirit, it uses scholarship and mythology to teach young people about Native American houses and structures from around the country.
Bringing Nature Home
Author: Douglas W. Tallamy
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604691468
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
“With the twinned calamities of climate change and mass extinction weighing heavier and heavier on my nature-besotted soul, here were concrete, affordable actions that I could take, that anyone could take, to help our wild neighbors thrive in the built human environment. And it all starts with nothing more than a seed. Bringing Nature Home is a miracle: a book that summons butterflies." —Margaret Renkl, The Washington Post As development and habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. In his groundbreaking book Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. Luckily, there is an important and simple step we can all take to help reverse this alarming trend: everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity by simply choosing native plants. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical and achievable recommendations, we can all make a difference.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604691468
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
“With the twinned calamities of climate change and mass extinction weighing heavier and heavier on my nature-besotted soul, here were concrete, affordable actions that I could take, that anyone could take, to help our wild neighbors thrive in the built human environment. And it all starts with nothing more than a seed. Bringing Nature Home is a miracle: a book that summons butterflies." —Margaret Renkl, The Washington Post As development and habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. In his groundbreaking book Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. Luckily, there is an important and simple step we can all take to help reverse this alarming trend: everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity by simply choosing native plants. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical and achievable recommendations, we can all make a difference.
Native Homes
Author: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778703716
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
This fascinating book looks at many of the dwellings built by the native nations across the continent. Beautiful, detailed illustrations show the exteriors, interiors, and way of life in each lodge. Discover thatch homes and pueblos of the Southwest; plankhouses of the Northwest Coast; wigwams, longhouses, tipis; earth lodges, pit homes, hogans, and iglus.
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778703716
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
This fascinating book looks at many of the dwellings built by the native nations across the continent. Beautiful, detailed illustrations show the exteriors, interiors, and way of life in each lodge. Discover thatch homes and pueblos of the Southwest; plankhouses of the Northwest Coast; wigwams, longhouses, tipis; earth lodges, pit homes, hogans, and iglus.
First Houses
Author: Jean Guard Monroe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This superb book about Native American architecture is filled with information about Iroquois longhouses, Navajo hogans, Pawnee earth lodges, and Northwest Coast dwellings. Truly entertaining for the mind and spirit, it uses scholarship and mythology to teach young people about Native American houses and structures from around the country.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This superb book about Native American architecture is filled with information about Iroquois longhouses, Navajo hogans, Pawnee earth lodges, and Northwest Coast dwellings. Truly entertaining for the mind and spirit, it uses scholarship and mythology to teach young people about Native American houses and structures from around the country.
Longhouse
Author: Cynthia Breslin Beres
Publisher: Rourke Publishing (FL)
ISBN: 9781559162470
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Describes the way of life of the tribes that made up the League of the Iroquois, focusing on their longhouses, unique dwellings they built for shelter and ceremonies.
Publisher: Rourke Publishing (FL)
ISBN: 9781559162470
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Describes the way of life of the tribes that made up the League of the Iroquois, focusing on their longhouses, unique dwellings they built for shelter and ceremonies.
Houses of Bark
Author: Bonnie Shemie
Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
ISBN: 9780887762468
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Describes the materials, construction, and uses of different kinds of shelters made by various Woodland Indians tribes in northeastern Canada and the United States.
Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
ISBN: 9780887762468
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Describes the materials, construction, and uses of different kinds of shelters made by various Woodland Indians tribes in northeastern Canada and the United States.
Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones
Author: Bonnie Shemie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780887763052
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Describes the construction materials and methods used by the Inuit to build different types of shelters suitable to their environment.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780887763052
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Describes the construction materials and methods used by the Inuit to build different types of shelters suitable to their environment.
We are at Home
Author: Bruce White
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 9780873516228
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In this collection of more than 200 stunning and storied photographs, ranging from daguerreotypes to studio portraits to snapshots, historian Bruce White explores historical images taken of Ojibwe people through 1950 and considers the negotiation that went on between the photographers and the photographed-and what power the latter wielded. Ultimately, this book tells more about the people in the pictures-what they were doing on a particular day, how they came to be photographed, how they made use of costumes and props-than about the photographers who documented, and in some cases doctored, views of Ojibwe life.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 9780873516228
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In this collection of more than 200 stunning and storied photographs, ranging from daguerreotypes to studio portraits to snapshots, historian Bruce White explores historical images taken of Ojibwe people through 1950 and considers the negotiation that went on between the photographers and the photographed-and what power the latter wielded. Ultimately, this book tells more about the people in the pictures-what they were doing on a particular day, how they came to be photographed, how they made use of costumes and props-than about the photographers who documented, and in some cases doctored, views of Ojibwe life.
Alaska Native Cultures and Issues
Author: Libby Roderick
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602230927
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Making up more than ten percent of Alaska's population, Native Alaskans are the state's largest minority group. Yet most non-Native Alaskans know surprisingly little about the histories and cultures of their indigenous neighbors, or about the important issues they face. This concise book compiles frequently asked questions and provides informative and accessible responses that shed light on some common misconceptions. With responses composed by scholars within the represented communities and reviewed by a panel of experts, this easy-to-read compendium aims to facilitate a deeper exploration and richer discussion of the complex and compelling issues that are part of Alaska Native life today.
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602230927
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Making up more than ten percent of Alaska's population, Native Alaskans are the state's largest minority group. Yet most non-Native Alaskans know surprisingly little about the histories and cultures of their indigenous neighbors, or about the important issues they face. This concise book compiles frequently asked questions and provides informative and accessible responses that shed light on some common misconceptions. With responses composed by scholars within the represented communities and reviewed by a panel of experts, this easy-to-read compendium aims to facilitate a deeper exploration and richer discussion of the complex and compelling issues that are part of Alaska Native life today.
The Native American
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The Right to Home
Author: Tasoulla Hadjiyanni
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 113759957X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
This book explores how the design characteristics of homes can support or suppress individuals’ attempts to create meaning in their lives, which in turn, impacts well-being and delineates the production of health, income, and educational disparities within homes and communities. According to the author, the physical realities of living space—such as how kitchen layouts restrict cooking and the size of social areas limits gatherings with friends, or how dining tables can shape aspirations—have a salient connection to the beliefs, culture, and happiness of the individuals in the space. The book’s purpose is to examine the human capacity to create meaning and to rally home mediators (scholars, educators, design practitioners, policy makes, and advocates) to work toward Culturally Enriched Communities in which everyone can thrive. The volume includes stories from Hmong, Somali, Mexican, Ojibwe, and African American individuals living in Minnesota to show how space intersects with race, gender, citizenship, ability, religion, and ethnicity, positing that social inequalities are partially spatially constructed and are, therefore, malleable.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 113759957X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
This book explores how the design characteristics of homes can support or suppress individuals’ attempts to create meaning in their lives, which in turn, impacts well-being and delineates the production of health, income, and educational disparities within homes and communities. According to the author, the physical realities of living space—such as how kitchen layouts restrict cooking and the size of social areas limits gatherings with friends, or how dining tables can shape aspirations—have a salient connection to the beliefs, culture, and happiness of the individuals in the space. The book’s purpose is to examine the human capacity to create meaning and to rally home mediators (scholars, educators, design practitioners, policy makes, and advocates) to work toward Culturally Enriched Communities in which everyone can thrive. The volume includes stories from Hmong, Somali, Mexican, Ojibwe, and African American individuals living in Minnesota to show how space intersects with race, gender, citizenship, ability, religion, and ethnicity, positing that social inequalities are partially spatially constructed and are, therefore, malleable.