| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Spirits, landscape, and power: ways of Quechan, Navajo, and Apache / Clifford E. Trafzer and Benjamin Jenkins -- Main Poc: Potawatomi Wabeno / R. David Edmunds -- Kenekuk, the Kickapoo prophet / Joseph B. Herring -- Masking and effigy in the northeastern woodlands / Troy R. Johnson -- Spiritual traditions of the Great Plains / Troy R. Johnson -- Smohalla, Washani, and seven drums: religious traditions of the northwest plateau / Clifford E. Trafzer and Richard D. Scheuerman -- Tolowa Indian shakers: the role of prophecy at Smith River, California / Al Logan Slagle -- "The father tells me so!": Wovoka, the Ghost Dance Prophet / L.G. Moses -- California Indian women, wisdom, and preservation / Michelle Lorimer and Clifford E. Trafzer -- Coosewoon: visions, medicine, and sweat lodge / Clifford E. Trafzer |
| Summary |
The book highlights American Indian spiritual leaders, miracle healings, and ceremonies that have influenced American history and shows their continued significance--Provided by publisher |
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"Indigenous people of wisdom have offered prayers of power, protection, and healing since the dawn of time. From Wovoka, the Ghost Dance prophet, to contemporary healer Kenneth Coosewoon, medicine people have called on the spiritual world to help humans in their relationships with each other and the natural world. Many American Indians--past and present--have had the ability to use power to access wisdom, knowledge, and spiritual understanding. This groundbreaking collection provides fascinating stories of wisdom, spiritual power, and forces within tribal communities that have influenced the past and may influence the future. Through discussions of omens, prophecies, war, peace, ceremony, ritual, and cultural items such as masks, prayer sticks, sweat lodges, and peyote, this volume offers examples of the ways in which Native American beliefs in spirits have been and remain a fundamental aspect of history and culture. Drawing from written and oral sources, the book offers readers a greater understanding of creation narratives, oral histories, and songs that speak of healers, spirits, and power from tribes across the North American continent. American Indian medicine ways and spiritual power remain vital today. With the help of spirits, people can heal the sick, protect communities from natural disasters, and mediate power of many kinds between the spiritual and corporeal worlds. As the contributors to this volume illustrate, healers are the connective cloth between the ancient past and the present, and their influence is significant for future generations."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Religion.
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Indians of North America -- Medicine.
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RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Indians of North America -- Medicine
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Indians of North America -- Religion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Trafzer, Clifford E., editor
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| ISBN |
9780816537426 |
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0816537429 |
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