If there is just one book you buy this year on the Caddo Indians, let it be this one. This is a book for scholars. But it is also a book for the armchair history buff. Smith writes in a palatable style. In the end, it is the natural narrative that carries the story. This part of American history is missed in most public education. Sit back with a cold one and this book. I did.

I found this writing to be an excellent source of information and reference material. Ms. Carter clearly has an extremely enviable position from which to view and record the unfolding Caddo Tribal Culture.

I was also enamored with the authentic Tribal photographs. This book contains very well taken photos of the Caddo Tribal grounds in Binger, Oklahoma and Culturally accurate Caddo Tribal members in authentic Native American dance regailia.

This easily read book is also providing me with many bits of information for my childs research projects.

Where We Came From is a must have book for your personal library.

After you read this book, you'll want to visit the lake just to see what you can see of the past. Filled with myths and legends, but also with a look at the history of the Texas/Louisiana area. This book is a gem especially to those who are interested in the way life might have been for all those that went to Caddo. Almost has you wishing you could have been there.

This book is one of my all time favorites. This book is very easy to read. The late Vynola Beaver Newkumet, a respected Caddo Tribal elder wrote this book with the assistance of a talented non tribal member writer. It is full of easily absorbed interesting information about the Caddo Tribe and its people.

You will find yourself returning to favorite passages in this book to re experience them. This book is a traditional history but it isn't mainstream American traditional history. It is explained from a distinctly Native American point of view.

Hasinai provides narratives of Caddo Tribal business council and cultural leaders. It also provides information about Caddo tribal words and language. This is a living history book. There are very well taken photographs in this book. Some must be extremely treasured by their owners.

This definitely is a must have book. You and your children will enjoy it. It will be a conversation piece.

Land of Majic Salt is a well-illustrated account of the history of the Grand Saline, Texas, saltworks from exploitation by Native Americans to the modern mine, written in story form for young readers (ages 9 to 12). Included are methods of underground salt mining of a salt dome.

Lankford's "Native American Legends" is a very readable but also scholarly collection of Southeastern Native legends and folktales. The stories are collected under the principles of the Finnish/Historical-Geographical school of folktale analysis. On the surface, this note may not mean much to lay readers. However, it means that the stories are examined in the context of from whom and where they come, a very useful arrangement. Simply stated, the stories come with additional cultural information as to their symbols and customs. This makes our attempts to understand the stories easier. If one is not interested in historical-cultural analysis, one can skip the informative introduction and head right into the tales themselves, which are written in the typical straightforward manner of most folktales everywhere. In additon, for purposes of comparison, Lankford also provides examples of African and African-American folktales and legends. The endnotes and bibliography are extensive There is, indeed, something in this book that can appeal to everyone. I have used the book in the classroom by, among other ways, dictating legends to the students; by hearing culturally unfamiliar tales, they are required to muster all their listening and note-taking skills to return to me their own written version of the tales. All in all, "Native American Legends" is a boon for all lovers of folk literature and stands as a model folklore anthology.

This book contains a large amount of useful information and is clearly organized. However, the writing is very dry and a large amount of the information is repeated in numerous sections.