Indians of Yesterday [B0307]

1940 12x10-inch HC with some cover wear and clean text pages. Sponsored by the Indian Council Fire. author Marion E. Gridley (1906 - 1974) was "a recognized authority on the Indian legend, culture and customs" who, "tells in a most fascinating manner, interesting facts about the people who were the ancestors of our Indians of today. The influence of the plains, mountains, forests and deserts on the manner of living and the customs and ceremonies, combined with their inventive genius and its corresponding contribution to our present civilization is most capably explained." Illustrator Lone Wolf (1879 - 1970), a noted Blackfoot artist who trained at the Los Angeles Art School and Chicago Art Institute, became the foremost Native American painter of Native Americans and the Old West.

From Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Lone Wolf, born 1882, was the first Indian known to paint Indians and was quite successful throughout his lifetime. The color illustrations, which look like pastels, are truly beautiful. Every page has three or four black and white line drawings of Indians or of material objects. The text is written by a woman born in 1906 who wrote many books about Indians for popular audiences. It is quite thorough and seems to be well researched and covers many aspects of the six regions into which the book is divided. A Beautifully written and illustrated children's book."