Native American traditions : sources and interpretations
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- ISBN: 0534013740
- ISBN: 9780534013745
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Physical Description:
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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. |
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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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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | PNW E 98 .R3 G49 1983 | 257566 | PNW | Reshelving | - |