indians of south america

An examination of Native American life, discussing the introduction of the horse to Native Americans by the Spanish in the sixteenth century, and considering its impact on the tribes. Includes a chronology and glossary.

Focuses on the first contacts between the European, especially the Spanish, on the Indians of the New World.

Describes the culture and lifestyle of the Yanomano tribe living in the South American rainforest.

Describes the history, culture, and daily lives of the Yanomami peoples of the Amazon rain forest, and includes color photos, "fascinating facts," and a glossary.

Describes the daily life, family, school, friends, amusements, and chores of two Aymara Indian brothers living on a high plain in the Peruvian Andes.

Four fundamentalist American missionaries and a soldier of fortune become involved in a fanatical conflict over the fate of the primitive Niaruna Indians living in the Amazon jungle.

Provides information about the Inca, a group of people who lived in the Andes Mountains of South America hundreds of years ago, discussing the Inca Empire, their skills as builders and farmers, the fall of the empire at the hands of the Spanish, and the Inca legacy.

Follows Jacques Cousteau on an expedition along the Amazon River as he observes the native people and wildlife of the region.

A collection of nineteen tales from the Indians of various South American countries.

While spending the summer in the Amazon rain forest of Brazil doing botanical research, thirteen-year-old Grady discovers a secret language used by the trees to communicate with each other and falls afoul of the dictatorial Dr. Carter, whose motives seem questionable.