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Living the sky : the cosmos of the American Indian / Ray A. Williamson ; line illustrations by Snowden Hodges.

Williamson, Ray A., 1938- (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0806120347
  • ISBN: 9780806120348
  • Physical Description: xi, 366 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1987], ©1984.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-349) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
ch. 1. Myth, buildings, and myth building -- ch. 2. Native American -- ch. 3. Celestial motions and the roots of the calendar -- ch. 4. Southwestern children of the sun -- ch. 5. Pueblo sun watching -- ch. 6. Ancient Pueblo sun buildings -- ch. 7. Navajo: in beauty may they live -- ch. 8. Omens of the sky: bright star and crescent -- ch. 9. Medicine wheels and the Plains Indians -- ch. 10. Pawnee: great morning star -- ch. 11. Eastern sun worship -- ch. 12. California Indians: maintaining the cosmic balance -- ch. 13. Living the sky.

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Indian astronomy > North America.
Indians of North America > Religion.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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