Becoming and remaining a people : Native American religions on the Northern Plains /
The power of religion to preserve individual and group identity is perhaps nowhere more evident than among Native American peoples. In the Becoming and Remaining a People the author shows how the oral traditions and ritual practices of Northern Plains Indians developed, how they were transformed at...
| Основен автор: | Harrod, Howard L., 1932- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
c1995.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
Book review (H-Net) Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Подобни документи: |
Online version::
Becoming and remaining a people. Online version:: Becoming and remaining a people. |
| Резюме: |
The power of religion to preserve individual and group identity is perhaps nowhere more evident than among Native American peoples. In the Becoming and Remaining a People the author shows how the oral traditions and ritual practices of Northern Plains Indians developed, how they were transformed at critical points in their history, and how they provided them with crucial means of establishing and maintaining their respective identities. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
xx, 149 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-140) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0816515832 (cloth : acid-free paper) 9780816515837 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0816515697 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 9780816515691 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |