Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-332) and index.

Classification of Indian languages -- Tribes and cultures. Northeastern Woodlands ; Southeastern Woodlands ; Plains and Prairie ; Plateau ; Great Basin ; California ; Southwest ; Northwest Coast ; Subarctic ; Arctic -- Maps detailing the First Nations of Canada and native people of Alaska -- The Indian today -- Glossary -- Native populations -- Museums.

"This superb, fully illustrated reference offers the most up-to-date and essential facts on the identity, kinships, locations, populations and cultural characteristics of some 400 separately identifiable peoples native to the North American continent, both living and extinct, from the Canadian Arctic to the Rio Grande. This revised edition adds 32 pages, updates all facts and provides improved illustrations and maps. The abundance of illustrations and photographs form an especially rich store of material describing the vast range of Native American material culture. The maps are valuable pictorial representations of major historical events. Population and settlement trends based on the most recent US Census paint detailed portraits of all officially recognized tribes"--Amazon.com.