Multicultural: The Zuni

The Zuni
Petra Press
Compass Point Books
Copyright 2002
48 pages
Multicultural

This book is all about the Zuni tribe. The book discusses the Ancient People and the Zuni villages. It also talks about how they farmed in the desert and the way of the spirits. It goes on to talk aobut how they had to fight the Spanish and how they had to find a new way to live. In the end it talks about how they revuilt their homeland and what Zuni life is like today. There is a glossary, a section with some other interesting facts, important dates, and some resources you can use to learn more about the Zuni people at the back of the book.

The pictures are very beautiful.  I loved all of the colors! There are a mixture of photographs and drawings. The drawings are all done by the Zuni people so I would think that they are done with some sort of oil paint. There are also many pictures of maps.

This book would be wonderful to introduce a lesson on the Native American culture. They could do their own art projects based on the Native Americans drawings in the book. You could also do a math lesson on maps. The students could also make a time line based on the important dates in the book. This book has not been awarded any medals.