Publisher's Synopsis
Like the Native Americans of North America, the age-old ways of many peoples are in danger of being lost forever. Often these people have a beautiful, meaningful relationship with the Earth and with each other. Although the endangered status of whole cultures of people is tragic, Kroll portrays this subject with such love that the reader appreciates these people and tends to want to emulate their best qualities. Kroll's book focuses particularly on the Quechua people of mountainous Peru; the Ainu who live on the large island of Hokkaido in northern Japan; the Bushmen and Mbuti peoples of Africa; the Toda people of the Nilgiri Hills in India; the Inuit people of northern Canada, Greenland, Russia and Alaska; and the Aborigines of Australia. Ages 9 and up
