Outline map showing original tribal names; does not cover Mexico.
"Over 500 years after the arrival of Spanish explorers, hundreds of thousands of indigenous Central Americans remain. They range from large nations numbering hundreds of thousands of members, to tiny nations of no more than a few hundred people ... These cultures continue to speak their languages and live on their ancestral homelands."
Includes text and illustrations (chiefly color).
Title in English; text in English and Spanish; place names in native Indian languages.