The book examines various indigenous burial customs, grave goods, and cemetery structures, highlighting the diversity and complexity of pre-contact and early contact-era mortuary practices.

This book explores the influence of Muskogean languages on Cherokee charm songs. It details how Cherokee medicine men use charm songs written in the Sequoyah syllabary, often in Muskogean languages like Creek or Natchez, and examines the adaptation of these languages into the Cherokee script and their integration into Cherokee magical practices.

Provides brief biographies of important Native American figures, including Pocahontas, Tecumseh, Sequoya, Sacagawea, Geronimo, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull.

Stories from the rich oral tradition of the native people of the Southwest as told by a storyteller. Tales of wandering, cultivation myths, wise riddles, and other stories introduce readers to the unwritten history of Native American culture.