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Plants of power : Native American ceremony and the use of sacred plants
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- ISBN: 1570671303 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781570671302 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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128 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Summertown, Tenn. : Native Voices, c2002.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-121) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | pt. I. The uses of sacred plants in ceremony -- The ancestors help us to practice -- Prayers for first things -- The birth of things, morning prayers -- First rituals -- Prayers and incense offerings at birth, separation from the mother, baby-naming -- Rites of initiation, rites of passage -- Preparing for womanhood -- Preparing for manhood -- Crying for a vision ceremony -- Sweat lodge ceremony -- The Sun dance -- Rites of last things -- The keeping of the soul rite -- Releasing of the soul rite -- Ceremonies and prayers, the use of cedar and juniper, before bedtime -- The four directions -- Winnebago prayer -- pt. II. The plants -- Incense cedar -- Red cedar -- Copal -- Juniper -- Lavender -- Mugwort -- Osha -- Piñon, nut pine -- White sage -- Desert sage -- Sweet grass -- Ceremonial tobacco -- Red willow bark, red osher dogwood -- Yerba santa. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 98 .R53 S28 2002 | 268914 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |