Abenaki author and storyteller Joseph Bruchac offers an overview of North American Indian history, culture and traditions through a variety of Native American stories. He uses brief stories that explore such topics as origins and creation, who Native People are, life and death, Trickster, Contact and the coming of Europeans, the generations: parents, grandparents, children, animal, people, and plants, and the drum as the heartbeat. Reading Level: 7.9; ATOS Level: 7.9.