indians of south america

A retelling of seven tales from the oral tradition of the Indians of Central and South America, with information about their meaning and origin.

Examines the development of costume and fashion over the course of history, focusing on the styles and trends of the societies of early America, including the Incan, Mayan, Aztec, Spanish and Portuguese, Native American, and British, French, and American colonial. Includes photographs and a time line.

Explains the various elements of the Incas, including their history, daily life, religion, cooking and eating, trading and transportation, and more.

Photographs and text discuss Hiram Bingham's 1911 expedition in search of the lost city of the Incas. Describes how the Machu Picchu was found.

Introduces the legal systems and regulations used by different societies among the native peoples of Central and South America.

Describes the civilization of the Inca empire that flourished from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century and the present-day lives of the Andean people descended from that empire.

The birds in the forests surrounding the Amazon River all have dark feathers until they decide to steal some colors from the Hummingbird.

The people in a village in the Amazon rain forest grow so lazy that they eagerly allow a strange man to create monkeys from leaves to do everything for them.

A young Inca girl succeeds where her brothers and others have failed, when her bird friends help her find the special water that will cure the king's son.

The animals in the Amazon rainforest find a way to trick Iwariwa the cayman into sharing the fire he uses to cook his food.