At head of title: Reader's digest. Includes index.

The first Indians: finding a new world -- Lost Indian civilizations: kingdoms of the sun -- The Southeast: the five civilized tribes -- The Northeast and Great Lakes: woodland warriers -- The Great Plains: nomadic horsemen -- The Southwest: planters and herdsmen -- Great Basin, California plateau; foragers and gatherers -- The Northwest Coast: traders and fisherman -- The Subarctic: people of the caribou -- The Arctic: dwellers in an icy world -- Contemporary Indians: renaissance of an ancient people. Synthesis of North American Indian heritage.