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Native universe : voices of Indian America /

More than three hundred photographs complement a collection of essays by a group of leading native American scholars, writers, tribal leaders, and activists that address such topics as Native American history, philosophy, folkways, culture, artwork, and religion.

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Corporate Author: National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
Contributors: McMaster, Gerald, 1953-, Trafzer, Clifford E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, in association with National Geographic, ©2008.
Edition:[New ed.].
Subjects and Genres:
Indians > History.
Indian cosmology.
Indians > Material culture.
Indians > Social life and customs.
Indiens d'Amérique > Histoire.
Cosmologie indienne d'Amérique.
Indiens d'Amérique > Culture matérielle.
Indiens d'Amérique > Mœurs et coutumes.
Antiquities.
Indians.
America > Antiquities.
Amérique > Antiquités.
America.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Our universes
  • Ceremony and ritual: life in motion
  • Heart of heaven, heart of earth: the Maya worldview
  • Keeping the original instructions
  • Portfolio: our universes
  • Carriers of the dream wheel
  • Sacred feline
  • Our peoples
  • Promises made, promises broken
  • Indian education, American education
  • Season of struggle
  • Alcatraz proclamation
  • Portfolio: our peoples
  • The land belongs to us
  • Our lives
  • Coming home
  • A new path for the people
  • Deer dance
  • The radiant curve: Navajo ceremony in contemporary life
  • Powwow
  • Portfolio: our lives
  • Smoke signals
  • Dear John Wayne
  • Afterword: Our precious place in the universe
  • Remember.

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