THE WOODLAND INDIANS: AN
ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF THE
LIFESTYLES OF AMERICA’S FIRST
INHABITANTS. By C. Keith Wilbur, M.D.
Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot
Press (P.O. Box 833, Old Saybrook,
CT 06475), 1995. Paperbound. 103
Pp. ISBN Number 1-56440-625-3.
$16.95.
“The Woodland Indians: An Illustrated
Account of the Lifestyles of America’s
first Inhabitants" makes great strides in
unlocking the secrets of the prehistoric
Woodland Indians. Although focusing
on 1000 B.C. to 1500 A.D., the text
begins with a detailed examination of
the ancestors of the Woodland Indians
who lived, according to the authors
approximations, during the time span
between 30,000 and 1000 B.C. The
remaining text is broken into five main
sections: Early Woodland Period (1000
B.C. to 700 A.D.), The Mississippian
Period of the Late Woodland Period
(700 A.D. to 1500 A.D.), The Central
Algonquian Tribes, The Iroquois
Tribes, The Coastal Algonquian
Tribes. Included is information
regarding their origins, tribal
organization, religious beliefs, games
and celebrations, warfare and crafts.
Included also is a listings of museums
containing Woodland displays, a
bibliography and index. Replete
with black and white line drawings of
Woodland artifacts and artist’s
renditions of their lifeways, this text is a
valuable resource for the armchair
anthropologist.