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God Is Red : A Native View of Religion

by Jr. Deloria, Vine, Vine Deloria

Deloria, a prominent Native American educator, lawyer, and philosopher, has updated his classic work on native religion. In God is Red Deloria argues convincingly that Christianity has failed today's society, and describes basic tenets that underlie Native religions. His other works include Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties and Custer Died for Your Sins.

Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions (Enriched Classics)

Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions (Enriched Classics)

by Richard Erdoes, John Fire

Lame Deer Storyteller, rebel, medicine man, Lame Deer was born almost a century ago on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A full-blooded Sioux, he was many things in the white man's world -- rodeo clown, painter, prisioner. But, above all, he was a holy man of the Lakota tribe. Seeker of Vision The story he tells is one of harsh youth and reckless manhood, shotgun marriage and divorce, history... (more)

Dance Hall of the Dead

by Tony Hillerman

Two young boys suddenly disappear. One of them, a Zuni, leaves a pool of blood behind. Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police tracks the brutal killer. Three things complicate the search: an archeological dig, a steel hypodermic needle, and the strange laws of the Zuni. Compelling, terrifying, and highly suspenseful, "Dance Hall of the Dead" never relents from first page til last.

Medicine of the Cherokee: The Way of Right Relationship (Folk Wisdom Series)

Medicine of the Cherokee: The Way of Right Relationship (Folk Wisdom Series)

by J. T. Garrett

Discover the holistic experience of human life from the elder teachers of Cherokee Medicine. With stories of the Four Directions and the Universal Circle, these once-secret teachings offer us wisdom on circle gatherings, natural herbs and healing, and ways to reduce stress in our daily lives.

The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890

The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890

by James Mooney

Responding to the rapid spread of the Ghost Dance among tribes of the western United States in the early 1890s, James Mooney set out to describe and understand the phenomenon. He visited Wovoka, the Ghost Dance prophet, at his home in Nevada and traced the progress of the Ghost Dance from place to place, describing the ritual and recording the distinctive song lyrics of seven separate tribes. His classic work... (more)

American Indian Trickster Tales (Myths and Legends)

American Indian Trickster Tales (Myths and Legends)

by Richard Erdoes, Alfonso Ortiz

The authors of the magnificent American Indian Myths and Legends have once again combined their talents as eminent anthropologist and master storyteller/artist to produce a rich and ribald sequel featuring the myriad tricksters of Southwestern and other Native American oral traditions. From the rascally and irascible Coyote, master thief and insatiable lover of the Southwest, to Iktomi, the shapeshifting Lakota... (more)

The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux : Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala

The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux : Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala

by Joseph Epes Brown

During the winter of 1947, Black Elk, the Oglala Sioux holy man, related to Joseph Brown seven of the sacred Oglala traditions, including such revered rites as "The Keeping of the Soul," "The Rite of Purification," and "Preparing for Womanhood." The San Francisco Chronicle calls The Sacred Pipe "a valuable contribution to American Indian literature."

The Wolves of Heaven: Cheyenne Shamanism, Ceremonies, and Prehistoric Origins (Civilization of the American Indian Series)

The Wolves of Heaven: Cheyenne Shamanism, Ceremonies, and Prehistoric Origins (Civilization of the American Indian Series)

by Karl H. Schlesier

Text: English, German (translation)

Talking Indian: Reflections on Survival and Writing

Talking Indian: Reflections on Survival and Writing

by Anna Lee Walters

Walters, the daughter of Pawnee and Otoe Indians and a teacher and author ( The Spirit of Native America: Beauty and Mysticism in American Indian Art , Chronicle, 1989, and The Sun Is Not Merciful: Short Stories , Firebrand, 1985), describes how she found her literary voice and what self-expression meant to her. On this journey, she met with alienation, moments of self-doubt, and, ultimately, a sense of joy and... (more)

Rolling Thunder

by Doug Boyd

To the victor in the skies... Jet aviation began as a dynamic, if underutilized, part of a desperate race between Hitler's scientists and the Allies. Today it is an indispensable component of warfare: space-age machines, incredibly skilled pilots, and weaponry that thinks for itself. Today's top guns strap themselves into electronic crammed cockpits, hurtle billion-dollar aircraft against concussive G-forces,... (more)

Dancing with the Wheel : The Medicine Wheel WorkbookSUN BEAR, WABUN WIND, CRYSALIS MULLIGAN

Dancing with the Wheel : The Medicine Wheel Workbook

by Sun Bear

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: The Iroquois Story of Creation

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: The Iroquois Story of Creation

by John Bierhorst

A fresh, authoritative retelling of the Iroquois creation story, in which the world as we know it today begins with a woman who fell from the sky and her two small children. Robert Andrew Parker's luminous paintings add spectacular details to this simple, yet profound, tale of our beginnings and of the mystery and harmony of the universe. Full color.

A Medicine Woman Speaks: An Exploration of Native-American Spirituality

A Medicine Woman Speaks: An Exploration of Native-American Spirituality

by Cinnamon Moon

Cinnamon Moon blends both feminine and masculine points of view as she defines shamanism on a personal level and describes how the practice can provide both immediate and long-term results. For new seekers, she offers a foundational spiritual process that can help before beginning to walk any spiritual path. A Medicine Woman Speaks is a conversationally styled work serving both the beginning and seasoned... (more)

The 13 Original Clan Mothers - Your Sacred Path To Discovering The Gifts, Talents, And Abilities Of The Feminine . . .Jamie Sams

The 13 Original Clan Mothers - Your Sacred Path To Discovering The Gifts, Talents, And Abilities Of The Feminine . . .

by Jamie Sams

Defending Mother Earth: Native American Perspectives on Environmental Justice

Defending Mother Earth: Native American Perspectives on Environmental Justice

This anthology of 11 essays is the result of an unusual conference of Native North American environmental activists held at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver in March 1995. It stands in stark contrast to other such collections, because it includes among its writers none of the more well-known non-Native American environmentalists. As such, it provides an enormously fascinating examination of the present... (more)

American Indian Creation Myths

by Teresa Pijoan

Myths tell us much about a people. And all cultures have creation myths. The myths collected by the author in this book tell us about the rich and varied lives and imagination of the first Americans. They vary from simple to complex and all attempt to answer the question of human origin. Native Americans are of profound beginnings. Each Tribe, Group or Pueblo hold their beginning to be truths, unique from one... (more)

Story of Corn

by Betty Fussell

The Story of Corn is a unique compendium, drawing upon history and mythology, science and art, anecdote and image, personal narrative and epic to tell the extraordinary story of the grain that built the New World. Corn transformed the way the entire world eats, providing a hardy, inexpensive alternative to rice or wheat and cheap fodder for livestock and finding its way into everything from explosives to embalming... (more)

Long Before Stonewall: Histories of Same-Sex Sexuality in Early America

Long Before Stonewall: Histories of Same-Sex Sexuality in Early America

by Thomas A. Foster

2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Although the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City symbolically mark the start of the gay rights movement, individuals came together long before the modern era to express their same-sex romantic and sexual attraction toward one another, and in a myriad of ways. Some reflected on their desires in quiet solitude, while others endured verbal, physical, and legal harassment for... (more)

Iroquois Folk LoreWilliam M. Beauchamp

Iroquois Folk Lore

by William M. Beauchamp

Talking to the Ground - One Family's Jouney on Horseback Across The Sacred Land of The NavajoDouglas Preston

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