Native North America - Couverture souple

Zimmerman, Larry J.; Molyneaux, Brian Leigh

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0806132868 ISBN 13 : 9780806132860

Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 2000

Synopsis

With abundant photographs, more than 160 in color, Native North America illustrates tribal life, sacred arenas, spiritual traditions, and artifacts of the indigenous people of North America, from the Inuit of the Canadian north to the Navajo of the American southwest.

Beginning with a brief history of Native Americans, Larry Zimmerman and Brian Molyneaux explore individual culture areas, region by region. They discuss Native American spiritual observances, including personal and communal rituals, initiation rites, and curing ceremonies. Through descriptions of the powwow, rites of passage, plant rituals, oral storytelling, dreams, the ghost dance, and the drum, the authors provide a sensitive introduction to Native American spiritual traditions and examine issues that face Native Americans today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Larry J. Zimmerman is Chair of the American Indian and Native Studies Program at the University of Iowa. He is author of Peoples of Prehistoric South Dakota and coeditor of Indians and Anthropologists: Vine Deloria, Jr. and the Critique of Anthropology and South Dakota Leaders.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Oklahoma Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0806132868
• ISBN 13: 9780806132860
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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