Linda Lowery

When Spanish explorers came to the Southwest region of the United States in the 1600s, they found over 20,000 American Indians already living in the region. These American Indians were part of many different nations. They had their own languages and cultures, and they had developed ways to survive in the desert landscape.

Pueblo people lived in permanent villages made of adobe brick.

The Hopi had fifty different ways to cook and eat corn.

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Chronicles the life of the woman called Aunt Clara Brown, who was born into slavery and became a pioneer and entrepreneur, earning money to bring other former slaves to a new start in Colorado.

Illustrations and rhyming text provide a humorous look at all kinds of dancing.