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Yuchi ceremonial life
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Jason Baird Jackson |
Dr. Jackson's text is an excellent current overview of the Yuchi People and culture in Oklahoma. While it does not delve deeply into their pre-Oklahoma history, nor even the details of the current po… |
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Weaving the Dance
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Jean-Paul Valette |
"Weaving the Dance is the first book to focus on the early development of a special category of twentieth-century Navajo textiles known as Yeibichai weavings. These weavings are artistic interpretati… |
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That the people might live
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Arnold Krupat |
"Surveys the traditions of Native American elegiac expression over several centuries. Krupat covers a variety of oral performances of loss and renewal, including the Condolence Rites of the Iroquois … |
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American Indian festivals
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Miller, Jay |
Briefly describes some of the customs and practices related to festivals celebrated in various North American Indian cultures. |
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The Mountain Chant
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Washington Matthews |
The Mountain Chant is a nine-day Navajo healing ceremony, one of several major rites undertaken only in winter. Aside from curing disease, it brings rain and invokes the unseen powers for general ben… |
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Preserving the Sacred
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Michael Angel |
"The Midewiwin is the traditional religious belief system central to the world view of Ojibwa in Canada and the US. It is a highly complex and rich series of sacred teachings and narratives. The pres… |
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The sacred pipe
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Black Elk |
An account of how the Sioux have come to know God, nature, and their fellow men. |
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The Hako
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Alice C. Fletcher,James R. Murie |
"One of the more complex and widespread rituals practiced by Native American groups focused on the calumet, a sacred pipe with a feathered shaft. The Calumet Ceremony was a powerful ritual through wh… |
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Kinaaldá
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Monty Roessel |
Celinda McKelvey, a Navajo girl, participates in the Kinaalda, the traditional coming-of-age ceremony of her people. |
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Clambake--a Wampanoag tradition
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Russell M. Peters |
Steven Peters, a twelve-year-old Wampanoag Indian in Massachusetts, learns from his grandfather how to prepare a clambake in the tradition of his people. |
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Yuchi Ceremonial Life
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Jason Baird Jackson |
Dr. Jackson’s text is an excellent current overview of the Yuchi People and culture in Oklahoma. While it does not delve deeply into their pre-Oklahoma history, nor even the details of the current po… |
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I Send a Voice
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Evelyn Sybil Mary Eaton |
Evelyn Eaton describes her journey through Amerindian healing ceremonies; reflecting on their meaning in the quest for wisdom; connecting them to oneness consciousness; describing her own spiritual g… |
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