Book
Stars above, earth below : American Indians and nature
Record details
- ISBN: 1570981981 (hc)
- ISBN: 9781570981982 (hc)
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Physical Description:
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272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Niwot, Colo. : Roberts Rinehart Publishers for Carnegie Museum of Natural History, c1998.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Native American attitudes to the environment / N. Scott Momaday -- Distributed power: an overview. A theme in American Indian origin stories / Gregory Schrempp -- Tlingit origin stories / Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer -- Four American Indian origin stories: Lakota, Seneca, Jicarilla Apache, and Tlingit -- American Indian astronomy: an overview / Ray A. Williamson -- Animals in American Indian life: an overview / Sandra L. Olsen -- Ethno-ornithology of the Zuni / Edmund James Ladd -- Ecology, conservation, and the buffalo jump / Shepard Krech III -- American Indian plant use: an overview / Frances B. King -- The sacred cedar tree of the Kwakwaka'wakw people / Daisy Sewid-Smith and Chief Adam Dick, interviewed by Nancy J. Turner -- Corn Man and Tobacco Woman in Pima cosmology / Amadeo M. Rea -- Nature as a model for American Indian societies: an overview / Marsha C. Bol -- Origins: through Tewa eyes / Alfonso Ortiz. |
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| Subject: | Indian philosophy North America Indians of North America Religion Human ecology North America Indians of North America Science |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 98 .P5 S73 1998 | 253024 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | PNW E 98 .P5 S73 1998 | 285592 | PNW | Reshelving | - |