Native North America (Living Wisdom Series) - Softcover

Zimmerman, Larry J.; Molyneaux, Brian Leigh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316988227 ISBN 13: 9780316988223

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1997

Synopsis

Illustrated with more than two hundred pictures, a survey of the religious practices of Native Americans traces the expression of the sacred in personal and communal rituals, initiation rites, and curing ceremonies. Original.

About this title

About the Author:

Larry J. Zimmerman is Distinguished Regents Professor of Anthropology and Director of the anthropology program at the University of South Dakota.

From Library Journal:

Zimmerman, chair of the American Indian and Native Studies Program at the University of Iowa and author of Peoples of Prehistoric South Dakota, and Molyneaux, director of the University of South Dakota Archaeology Laboratory and author of The Sacred Earth, have written a thorough introduction to the Indians of North America. Similar to Sherman's The First Americans (Smithmark, 1996. o.p.), this title covers the history of the Native Americans and their spiritual traditions and rituals, but it doesn't overlook the importance of current issues. Heavily illustrated with 165 color plates and containing high-quality maps and a glossary, this inexpensive volume provides an excellent overview of a topic that is covered in much greater detail in the Smithsonian Institution's multivolume Handbook of North American Indians. Highly recommended for public libraries.DJohn McCormick, New Hampshire State Lib., Concord
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0316988227
• ISBN 13: 9780316988223
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182
• Editor: Molyneaux Brian Leigh