The diversity and continuities in American Indian spirituality! The religious life of Native Americans is a panorama featuring an immense diversity of beliefs, ceremonies, and ways of life. Native Religions of North America reflects this rich tradition as it admirably distills a complex subject in a practical and engaging manner. Through concise expression and careful choice of examples, Hultkrantz identifies the diversity and continuities in American Indian spirituality. He introduces the hunters and farmers, the past and present, and the physical contexts and the sublime speculations of tribal religions, even the subtle shades of meaning within an Indian community.
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"Hultkrantz is without question one of the leading authorities on American Indian religions. His mind is inquiring, his perceptions are sound, his learning is substantial, and his writing is clear and engaging." -- N. Scott Momaday
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This review is from: Native Religions of North America: The Power of Visions and Fertility (Paperback)
If you don't know anything about Native American religions and you want a general overview, this is a good place to start. Ake Hultkrantz begins with a chronology of the cultures, explains a little about traditions and worldviews, then goes on to give two examples: a society of hunters (Shoshoni), and a society of horticulturalists (Zuni). It is a very short, simple and effective way to generally categorize these societies, and will help direct you to further reading based on your interest.
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The religious life of Native Americans is a rich panorama featuring many diverse beliefs, ceremonies, and ways of life, but little of this rich tradition is reflected in the popular notions about these peoples. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
animal ceremonialism, kachina village, one medicine man, hunting religion, bear ceremonialism, kachina cult, kachina dancers, everyday religion, dance lodge, disease object, kachina spirits Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sun Dance, Native American, North America, Supreme Being, American Indian, Wind River Shoshoni, Our Father, Mother Earth, Corn Maidens, Plains Indians, Bow Priests, Great Basin, Sun Father, Emergence Myth, Ghost Dance, World Tree, Old World, Pueblo Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Rain Priests, Tudy Roberts, Bull Lake, Frank Cushing, Milky Way, Mythic Twins New!
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The religious life of Native Americans is a rich panorama featuring many diverse beliefs, ceremonies, and ways of life, but little of this rich tradition is reflected in the popular notions about these peoples. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
animal ceremonialism, kachina village, one medicine man, hunting religion, bear ceremonialism, kachina cult, kachina dancers, everyday religion, dance lodge, disease object, kachina spirits Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sun Dance, Native American, North America, Supreme Being, American Indian, Wind River Shoshoni, Our Father, Mother Earth, Corn Maidens, Plains Indians, Bow Priests, Great Basin, Sun Father, Emergence Myth, Ghost Dance, World Tree, Old World, Pueblo Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Rain Priests, Tudy Roberts, Bull Lake, Frank Cushing, Milky Way, Mythic Twins New!
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