Ritual of the Wind
Title | Ritual of the Wind PDF eBook |
Author | Jamake Highwater |
Publisher | |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
Native American Dance
Title | Native American Dance PDF eBook |
Author | Charlotte Heth |
Publisher | Washington, D.C. : National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, with Starwood Pub. |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Indian dance |
ISBN |
This premier publication of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian documents Native American dance with stunning photographs and essays by noted contributors.
North American Indian Dances and Rituals
Title | North American Indian Dances and Rituals PDF eBook |
Author | Peter F. Copeland |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1997-07-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780486299136 |
Color 38 authentic scenes of traditional tribal dances and rituals: Rio Grande Pueblo Deer Dance, Zia clown dancers, Hopi Snake Dance, many others.
Indian Dances of North America
Title | Indian Dances of North America PDF eBook |
Author | Reginald Laubin |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 584 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780806121727 |
Descriptions of the dances, costumes, body decorations, and musical accompaniment supplement information on the cultural background of Indian dancing
Native North American Religious Traditions
Title | Native North American Religious Traditions PDF eBook |
Author | Jordan Paper |
Publisher | Praeger |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
Representative Native American religions and rituals are introduced to readers in a way that respects the individual traditions as more than local curiosities or exotic rituals, capturing the flavor of the living, modern traditions, even as commonalities between and among traditions are explored and explained. This general introduction offers wide-ranging coverage of the major factors—geography, history, religious behavior, and religious ideology (theology)—analyzing select traditions that can be dealt with, to varying degrees, on a contemporary basis. As current interest surrounding Native American studies continues to grow, attention has often been given to the various religious beliefs, rituals, and customs of the diverse traditions across the country. But most treatments of the subject are cursory and encyclopedic and do not provide readers with the flavor of the living, modern traditions. Here, representative Native American religions and rituals are introduced to readers in a way that respects the individual traditions as more than local curiosities or exotic rituals, even as commonalities between and among traditions are explored and explained. This general introduction offers wide-ranging coverage of the major factors—geography, history, religious behavior, and religious ideology (theology)—analyzing select traditions that can be dealt with, to varying degrees, on a contemporary basis. Covering such diverse ceremonies as the Muskogee (Creek) Busk, the Northwest Coast Potlatch, the Navajo and Apache menarche rituals, and the Anishnabe (Great Lakes area) Midewiwin seasonal gatherings, Paper takes a comparative approach, based on the study of human religion in general, and the special place of Native American religions within it. His book is informed by perspective gained through nearly fifty years of formal study and several decades of personal involvement, treating readers to a glimpse of the living religious traditions of Native American communities across the country.
Giving Voice to Bear
Title | Giving Voice to Bear PDF eBook |
Author | David Rockwell |
Publisher | Roberts Rinehart |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2003-04-21 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1461664578 |
In this new edition of a classic, David Rockwell describes the captivating and awe-inspiring presence of the bear in Native American rituals. The bear played a central role in shamanic rights, initiation, healing and hunting ceremonies, and new year celebrations. Considered together, these traditions are another way of looking at the world, one in which the mysteries of the universe are revealed through animals.
The Animals Came Dancing
Title | The Animals Came Dancing PDF eBook |
Author | Howard L. Harrod |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2000-02 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780816520275 |
In this major overview of the relationship between Indians and animals on the northern Great Plains, the author recovers a sense of the knowledge that hunting peoples had of the animals upon which they depended and raises important questions about Euroamerican relationships with the natural world.