Book
Where the lightning strikes : the lives of American Indian sacred places
Publication Information
New York : Viking, 2006.
Physical Description
xvii, 350 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
- East
- Worlds in an Island-Penobscot
- Naming the spirits-Ojibwa
- Hills of hidden meaning-Choctaw
- Between river and fire-Cherokee
- South
- A tale of three lakes-Taos/Zuni
- Place as personal-Navajo/Apache
- Christ in the flower world-Yaqui
- Draining the sacred places-Hopi
- North
- A geology of power-Plateau
- Priestly skies, shamanic earth-Pawnee
- Journeys to promised lands-Hidatsa/Crow
- The heart of everything-Lakota/Cheyenne/Kiowa
- West
- Singing the origins-Colorado River
- Beyond the Goddess-Southern California
- Where mountains congregate-Central California
- Mourning and renewal-Northern California.