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Recovering the sacred : the power of naming and claiming  Cover Image Book Book

Recovering the sacred : the power of naming and claiming

LaDuke, Winona. (Author).

Summary: "An overview of efforts by Native Americans to regain cultural and genetic patrimony and the conditions needed for traditional spiritual practices, including tribal histories, analysis of changes to nutrition, economy, and physical environment, and actions taken toward pollution abatement, dam removal, land and cultural reclamation, and alternative energy production"--Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 0896087123 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780896087125 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0896087131 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780896087132 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: print
    294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, MA : South End Press, c2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-280) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: God, quirrels, and the universe : the Mount Graham International Observatory and the University of Arizona -- Salt, water, blood, and coal : mining in the southwest -- Klamath land and life -- Imperial anthropology : the ethics of collecting -- Quilled cradle board covers, cultural patrimony, and Wounded Knee -- Vampires in the new world : blood, academia, and human genetics -- Masks in the new millennium -- Three sisters : recovery of traditional agriculture at Cayuga, Mohawk, and Oneida communities -- Wild rice : maps, genes, and patents -- Food as medicine : the recovery of traditional foods to heal the people -- Return of the horse nation -- Namewag : sturgeon and people in the Great Lakes region -- Recovering power to slow climate change.
Subject: Indians of North America Religion
Indian philosophy North America
Indians of North America Social conditions
Sacred space North America
Indigenous peoples Ecology North America
Cultural property Protection North America

Available copies

  • 3 of 4 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 98 .R3 L33 271310 Stacks Checked out 04/04/2011
Lummi Library E 98 .R3 S26 L33 2005 679356 Stacks Available -
Lummi Library E 98 .R3 S26 L33 2005 679476 Stacks Available -
Lummi Library INDIAN # 272 276141 Deloria Collection Available -

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