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Crow Jesus : personal stories of native religious belonging / edited and with an introduction by Mark Clatterbuck ; foreword by Jace Weaver.
"Crow Christianity speaks in many voices, and in the pages of Crow Jesus, these voices tell a complex story of Christian faith and Native tradition combining and reshaping each other to create a new and richly varied religious identity. In this collection of narratives, fifteen members of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation in southeastern Montana and three non-Native missionaries to the reservation describe how Christianity has shaped their lives, their families, and their community through the years. Among the speakers are elders and young people, women and men, pastors and laypeople, devout traditionalists and skeptics of the indigenous cultural way. Taken together, the narratives reveal the startling variety and sharp contradictions that exist in Native Christian devotion among Crows today, from Pentecostal Peyotists to Sun-Dancing Catholics to tongues-speaking Baptists in the sweat lodge. Editor Mark Clatterbuck also offers a historical overview of Christianity's arrival, growth, and ongoing influence in Crow Country, with special attention to Christianity's relationship to traditional ceremonies and indigenous ways of seeing the world. In Crow Jesus, Clatterbuck explores contemporary Native Christianity by listening as indigenous voices narrate their own stories on their own terms. His collection tells the larger story of a tribe that has adopted Christian beliefs and practices in such a way that simple, unqualified designations of religious belonging--whether "Christian" or "Sun Dancer" or "Peyotist"--Are seldom, if ever, adequate." --Amazon.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780806155876
- ISBN: 0806155876
- Physical Description: xvi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction: Crows, Christ, and the new indigeneity -- Part I. Crow Catholic visions -- Frank Sinatra sings in a peyote meeting : an interview with Geneva Whiteman -- Sun dance spirits and visions in the monstrance : an interview with Larry Hogan -- Raising the cross over Crow agency : an interview with Bobby Lee Stops At Pretty Places -- Catholic, Crow, and charismatic : an interview with Gloria Goes Ahead Cummins -- Part II. Pentecostalism, culture, and politics -- Demonic owls and fraidy cats : an interview with Rhea Goes Ahead -- Hand game demons and medicine man curses : an interview with Fannie Plain Feather Ward -- The Bible, the devil, and Crow blood : an interview with Kenneth Pretty On Top Sr. -- Pentecostal politics : an interview with Conrad "CJ" Stewart -- Part III. The Baptist middle way -- Rodeo man and reluctant pastor : an interview with Newton Old Crow Sr. -- Education, blended traditions, and the Crow Baptist legacy : an interview with Angela Russell -- Part IV. Peyote and Christ -- Our Lady of Guadalupe comes to peyote roadman : an interview with Marvin Dawes Sr. -- Baptists, bear medicine, and the Bible : an interview with Marlon Passes -- Peyote, pentecostalism, and President Obama : an interview with Levi Black Eagle -- Part V. Healing hymns -- From hill fasting to radio broadcasting : an interview with Joe Bear Cloud Sr. -- Singer, healer, and powwow dancer : an interview with Georgine Takes Gun Falls Down -- Part VI. Missionary voices -- The sun-dancing Franciscan linguist : an interview with Randolph Graczyk (Catholic) -- Church hopping and Bible sweating : an interview with Jonathan Lawton (Southern Baptist) -- Powwow evangelism and American revival : an interview with Barry Moen (Pentecostal) -- Conclusion: Emerging trends in Crow Christianity.
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- Crow Indians > Religion.
Crow Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Crow Indians > Interviews.
Christianity > Montana.
Syncretism (Religion) > United States.
Montana > Religious life and customs.
HISTORY / Native American.
RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies.
Christianity
Crow Indians
Syncretism (Religion)
Montana
United States - Genre:
- Interviews
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 99 .C92 R38 C76 2017 | 289235 | Stacks | Available | - |