Becoming and remaining a people : Native American religions on the Northern Plains

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Becoming and remaining a people : Native American religions on the Northern Plains / Howard L. Harrod.

Harrod, Howard L., 1932- (Author).

Summary:

The power of religion to preserve individual and group identity is perhaps nowhere more evident than among Native American peoples. In the Becoming and Remaining a People the author shows how the oral traditions and ritual practices of Northern Plains Indians developed, how they were transformed at critical points in their history, and how they provided them with crucial means of establishing and maintaining their respective identities.

Record details

ISBN: 0816515697
ISBN: 9780816515837 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 9780816515691 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Physical Description: xx, 149 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-140) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Social change on the Northern Plains -- Continuity and change in Northern Plains religions -- Religious development in the village societies -- Religious organizations and ritual processes -- Religious continuity and change in the village societies -- Religious transformations on the Northern Plains -- American Indian religions and the construction of cultures.