Nicely illustrated, grand and sweeping overview of the myths, rituals, practices and traditions of many Native American tribes. However, this material is far too complex to cover in a single book, resulting in a haphazard and disjointed jumble of half-told stories. It has many nice snippets of stories and descriptions, but there is no overarching principle of organization in this book as it shifts from Inuit to Pueblo in a single paragraph and treats their cultures as one and the same "pan-Indian" culture. This is oversimplifying this many-formed, many-themed world.