Navajo religion and culture : selected views : papers in honor of Leland C. Wyman

Wyman, Leland Clifton 1897-1988 (Added Author). Brugge, David M. (Added Author). Frisbie, Charlotte Johnson. (Added Author).

Summary: Presents 22 scholarly studies on Navajo religion and culture, written in honor of the esteemed anthropologist Leland C. Wyman.

Record details

ISBN: 0890131384 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780890131381 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Santa Fe : Museum of New Mexico Press, �1982.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Leland C. Wyman: A Biography and Bibliography / David P. McAllester -- Navajo Sandpainting and Tibetan Mandala: A Preliminary Comparison / Chien Chiao -- Drawings of Nightway Sandpaintings in the Bush Collection / Seymour H. Koenig -- Four Mountainway Sandpaintings of Sam Tilden, 'Ayoo 'Anilnezi / Caroline B. Olin -- Sandpaintings of Sam Tilden, Navajo Medicine Man / Bertha P. Dutton and Caroline B. Olin -- Navajo Ceremonial-Pattern Weaving and Its Relationship to Drypainting / Marian E. Rodee -- Social Interactions and Learning in the Spread of Navajo Commercial Sandpaintings / Nancy J. Parezo -- Modern Witchcraft Stories / Carmie Lynn Toulouse -- Western Navajo Ethnobotanical Notes / David M. Brugge -- Talking About and Classifying Navajo Jish or Medicine Bundles / Charlotte J. Frisbie -- Bear Ceremonialism Among the Navajos and Other Apacheans / Malcolm F. Farmer -- Zuni-Navajo Relationships / Theodore R. Frisbie -- Hogans, Sacred Circles and Symbols -- The Navajo Use of Space / Susan Kent -- "Ye'iis Lying Down," A Unique Navajo Sacred Place / Stephen C. Jett -- Additional Information on the 'Analneeh or "Remaking" Figurine Complex / Roger E. Kelly -- Participation in Traditional Ceremonies by Navajos with Drinking Problems / Frances N. Ferguson -- Kaibeto Plateau Ceremonialists: 1860-1980 / Eric Henderson -- Western Navajo Religious Affiliations / John J. Wood -- Toward a Historical Perspective on Navajo Religion / Karl W. Luckert -- Changing Attitudes Toward Navajo Religion / Mary Shepardson -- The Secular uses of Traditional Religion and Knowledge in Modern Navajo Society / Dennis Fransted -- The Future of Navajo Religion / David F. Aberle.