This image is the cover for the book Ikwa of the Mound-Builder Indians, Prehistory Series

Ikwa of the Mound-Builder Indians, Prehistory Series

Ikwa is a young Indian girl living in the Southeastern United States before colonization. One day, as she carries an offering up the temple mound to the priest of the sun god, she spies 2 crows and a hawk flying toward the Alligator village--a sign that a strange visitor will soon come. Whether the stranger would bring joy or sorrow to Ikwa, her brother, Situ, and the rest of the family, the gods did not yet choose to say.

Margaret Zehmer Searcy

Margaret Searcy's special mission has been to teach Indian and non-Indian students of all ages about the richness of Indian culture. Searcy was a member of the department of anthropology at the University of Alabama for twenty-four years.

Pelican Publishing