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Where the lightning strikes : the lives of American Indian sacred places  Cover Image Book Book

Where the lightning strikes : the lives of American Indian sacred places

Nabokov, Peter. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780143038818 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0143038818 (pbk.) :
  • Physical Description: print
    xvii, 350 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: Viking, 2006.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-335) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: East -- Worlds in an Island-Penobscot -- Naming the spirits-Ojibwa -- Hills of hidden meaning-Choctaw -- Between river and fire-Cherokee -- South -- A tale of three lakes-Taos/Zuni -- Place as personal-Navajo/Apache -- Christ in the flower world-Yaqui -- Draining the sacred places-Hopi -- North -- A geology of power-Plateau -- Priestly skies, shamanic earth-Pawnee -- Journeys to promised lands-Hidatsa/Crow -- The heart of everything-Lakota/Cheyenne/Kiowa -- West -- Singing the origins-Colorado River -- Beyond the Goddess-Southern California -- Where mountains congregate-Central California -- Mourning and renewal-Northern California.
Subject: Indians of North America Religion
Indians of North America Mythology
Sacred space United States
Geographical perception United States

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  • 1 of 3 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 98 .R3 S26 N33 2006 679658 Stacks Available -
Lummi Library E 98 .R3 N33 268436 Stacks Checked out 03/30/2012
Lummi Library E 98 .R3 N33 2007 279494 Stacks Checked out 10/21/2015

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