Navajo sacred places /
The Navajo see even the most minute parts of their homelands and surrounding territory as infused with sacred significance. Places of special power are the most alive, and stories usually go with them. Navajos visit these places to connect with their power. The places anchor the ways of Navajo life...
| Основен автор: | Kelley, Klara B. |
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| Други автори: | Francis, Harris, 1954- |
| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
c1994.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis |
Съдържание:
- Pt. 1. Places Important to Navajo People: A Survey of Thirteen Navajo Communities. 1. Background. 2. The Project to Consult Navajo Communities. 3. Interpretation of Results
- Pt. 2. Places Important to Navajo People: Other Studies. 4. Other Studies: What They Did and How They Did It. 5. Stories and Types of Places in the Other Studies. 6. Preserving the Culture by Preserving the Land: The "Landscape" and "Piecemeal" Approaches. 7. The Hidden Reservoir
- Pt. 3. Navajo Customary Landscapes and Development Landscapes. 8. What Navajos Say about Cultural Preservation. 9. Navajo Endangered Landscapes. 10. Endangered Landscapes outside Navajo Jurisdiction
- Pt. 4. Hidden and Manifest Landscapes in Stories. 11. Analytical Framework. 12. Hidden and Manifest Landscapes in Two Stories. 13. A Story about "Where Whiteshell Woman Stopped for Lunch" 14. The Land, the People, and Culture Change.