Stars above, earth below : American Indians and nature /

The contributors to this essay collection are drawn from disciplines that range from anthropology to astronomy to ornithology and include N. Scott Momaday, a Kiowa who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for House Made of Dawn (LJ 6/15/68). The essays fall into five categories: "Origin Stories," "Astronomy," "Animals," "Botany," and "Nature and Society." Each section begins with a general overview and contains information on Native American groups throughout North America. These are followed by more detailed essays focusing on specific tribes or cultures. The book is an excellent companion to North, South, East, West: American Indians and the Natural World (LJ 9/15/98), the exhibition catalog of the Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and photographs of artifacts from the exhibition greatly enhance the text. This fascinating work helps flesh out the amorphous relationship between Native Americans and the environment and is recommended for anthropology collections in academic and large public libraries.‘John Burch, Hagan Memorial Lib., Williamsburg, KY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.