Book
Native American religions
Edition
3rd ed.
Publication Information
New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c2009.
Physical Description
144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 25 cm.
Series
Summary
Presents the history of the Native American religions, starting from their roots as tribal religions, and then details the detrimental effects of European colonization, the annihilation of the Native Americans that threatened the religions, and their restoration in the 20th 20th century
Notes
Chelsea House and Facts on File are both imprints of Infobase Publishing.
Contents
- Introduction: the sacred way
- The spirit world and the sacred way
- Creating the world: the oral tradition
- Native American ceremonies and rituals
- Wholeness and healing
- The path of life
- Native American religions and Christianity
- Native American religions today.