Subtitled 'a journey to the heart of the handgame', this book flows through myth and mystery to sacred places of the Maidu Indians of Northern California. It tells the story of an anthropology professor who disappears while playing an ancient gambling game at an Indian big-time, and of his brother who goes searching for answers through the back-roads of Indian country. The book is filled with authentic ethnographic information, including songs and stories that have been passed down through countless generations, and provides a rare vision into Handgame - the ancient native-American gambling game of psychic power.
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"Great reading" -- Herb Puffer, Pacific Western Traders
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Written as a work of mystery fiction, this book is also a songbook and teaching guide for Indian handgame. Songs from the native people of northern California and Nevada that are integrated into this book.
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This review is from: Whatever Happened to Professor Coyote? (Paperback)
If you have any interest in Native American lore, especially the "hand game" this is the book for you. Not only is there a lot of information on Native American lore, but it is a fascinating mystery story as well. Highly recommended.
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