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Native universe : voices of Indian America / Gerald McMaster and Clifford E. Trafzer, editors.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 77 .N365 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indigenous peoples--History.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Indian cosmology.
- Indians--Material culture.
- Indians.
- Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs.
- America--Antiquities.
- America.
- Antiquities.
- Indians--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 color map ; 31 cm
- Edition:
- [New ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, in association with National Geographic, ©2008.
- Summary:
- More than three hundred photographs complement a collection of essays by a group of leading native American scholars, writers, tribal leaders, and activists that address such topics as Native American history, philosophy, folkways, culture, artwork, and religion.
- Contents:
- Our universes
- Ceremony and ritual: life in motion
- Heart of heaven, heart of earth: the Maya worldview
- Keeping the original instructions
- Portfolio: our universes
- Carriers of the dream wheel
- Sacred feline
- Our peoples
- Promises made, promises broken
- Indian education, American education
- Season of struggle
- Alcatraz proclamation
- Portfolio: our peoples
- The land belongs to us
- Our lives
- Coming home
- A new path for the people
- Deer dance
- The radiant curve: Navajo ceremony in contemporary life
- Powwow
- Portfolio: our lives
- Smoke signals
- Dear John Wayne
- Afterword: Our precious place in the universe
- Remember.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Indian Rights Association Complementary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9781426203350
- 1426203357
- OCLC:
- 302100651
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