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Native American traditions : sources and interpretations  Cover Image Book Book

Native American traditions : sources and interpretations

Gill, Sam D. 1943- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0534013740
  • ISBN: 9780534013745
  • Physical Description: print
    xi, 183 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., ©1983.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 1. Imagining Native American religions: -- First impressions: Columbus and Vespucci -- The formation of early images of 'Indians' -- Colonization and Christianization -- Explorations and early scientific records -- Legislation of Native American religions; -- 2. Religious world view: a matter of place: -- Place as a language of value and religion -- Place symbols in oral traditions -- Place symbols in ritual and formal actions; -- 3. Nonliteracy, language, and oral traditions: -- Language: a constitutive force of reality -- Song -- Prayer -- Charms, spells, and evil thoughts; -- 4. Sacred objects and actions: -- Art, design, and religious world view -- Sacred objects -- Ritual Art -- Dance -- Acts of Reversal; -- 5. Religion and the cycle of life: -- Pregnancy, birth, childhood, and naming -- Acquiring religious knowledge and coming of age -- Health and healing -- Death and destiny; -- 6. Sustaining life: -- Hunting -- Fishing and whaling -- Agriculture; -- 7. The Indian and new religions: -- A history of prophecy and the rise of Indian identity -- Peyote religion, or the Native American Church -- Persistence and change.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also issued online.
Subject: Indian mythology North America
Indians of North America Religion
Peyotism
Indians of North America Rites and ceremonies
Indian art North America
Indian dance North America

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library PNW E 98 .R3 G49 1983 257566 PNW Reshelving -

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