"A striking collection of essays about Native American spiritual tradition, complemented by relevant retold or preserved Native American tales. . . . An important and unusually accessible contribution to our understanding of Native American spirituality."--Kirkus Reviews.
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This collection of stories and essays offers welcome relief from the flood of pseudo-Indian spirituality cluttering libraries and bookstores. Introduced by poet/editor Joseph Bruchac, a leader in the study and dissemination of authentic texts, this work includes stories (admirably genuine) from the Iroquois, Abenaki, Cherokee, Pueblo, Winnebago, Salish, Coos-Coquille, Blackfoot, Pawnee, Lakota, Navajo, and Cheyenne and essays by Joseph Epes Brown, Sam Gill, Barre Toelken, Barbara Tedlock, Emory Sekaquaptewa, and Vine Deloria, among others--names that mean something. Recommended for its impeccable scholarship and valuable insights: "It may be that American Indians contain the last best hope for spiritual renewal in a world dominated by material considerations."-- Rhoda Carroll, Vermont Coll., Montpelier
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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D. M. Dooling was founder and editorial director of Parabola magazine and president of the Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition. Paul Jordan-Smith served as a senior editor of Parabola, with responsibility for the "Epicycles," retellings of traditional stories, myths, and legend.
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By space_antelope "space_antelope" (Baltimore Maryland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: I Become Part of It: Sacred Dimensions in Native American Life (Paperback)
i didn't like this book that much. i guess i didnt become part of it eough but if you wanna know about sacred dimensions in native american life you can read black elk speaks or something, it's better, like reading soul on ice instead of some dude writing about eldridge cleaver, it's not that complicated there's little need for a metaphor
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