Native North America

by Larry J. Zimmerman, Brian Leigh Molyneaux

Overview

With abundant photographs, more than 160 in color, Native North America illustrates tribal life, sacred arenas, spiritual traditions, and artifacts of the indigenous people of North America, from the Inuit of the Canadian north to the Navajo of the American southwest.

Beginning with a brief history of Native Americans, Larry Zimmerman and Brian Molyneaux explore individual culture areas, region by region. They discuss Native American spiritual observances, including personal and communal rituals, initiation rites, and curing ceremonies. Through descriptions of the powwow, rites of passage, plant rituals, oral storytelling, dreams, the ghost dance, and the drum, the authors provide a sensitive introduction to Native American spiritual traditions and examine issues that face Native Americans today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780806132860
Publisher:	University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date:	10/15/2000
Series:	Civilization of the American Indian (Paperback)
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	184
Sales rank:	1,116,050
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Larry J. Zimmerman is Chair of the American Indian and Native Studies Program at the University of Iowa. He is author of Peoples of Prehistoric South Dakota and coeditor of Indians and Anthropologists: Vine Deloria, Jr. and the Critique of Anthropology and South Dakota Leaders.