Sacred lands of Indian America

Sacred lands of Indian America

Charles E. Little

Book - 2001

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Subjects
Indians of North America > Religion.
Sacred space.
Indians of North America > Land tenure.
Published
New York : H.N. Abrams 2001.
Language
English
Main Author
Charles E. Little (-)
Other Authors
Jake Page (-), Ruth Rudner, David Muench
Physical Description
144 p. : ill., maps
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780810906037
  • The conquest of Emerald Peak / San Carlos Apache
  • The songs of Arlecho / Lummi
  • Bear's lodge / Plains Tribes
  • The repatriation of Blue Lake and Sandia / Taos and Sandia
  • An ill wind on Nch'I-Wana / Yakama, Cascade-Klikitat
  • Another horn of the buffalo / Lakota, Northern Cheyenne
  • Growing up sacred / an essay by Paula Gunn Allen
  • Keeping a place for prayer / Ahjumawi (Pit River)
  • River of life / Northern Cheyenne
  • Treacherous mountains / Crow
  • A heritage impounded / Chumash
  • A tale of two mountains / Navajo
  • Badger-two medicine / Blackfeet
  • Let the spirit flow / Snoqualmie
  • Rehearsals for rain / Hopi, Navajo
  • Sacred places of the heart and soul / an essay by Rennard Strickland
  • The preference of the white clay people / Gros Ventre, Assiniboine
  • A place of reverence / Cochiti, Jemez, Santa Ana, Sandia, Zia Pueblos
  • The god of the waters / Medota
  • The price of the sacred / Chemehuevi
  • Time is running out / an essay by James Parks Morton.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Crow vision quests atop the craggy, fog-enshrouded Crazy Mountains; the Hopi spirits' Katsina Bluffs rehearsal site for making rain; the oil-rich, many-rivered "Rocky Mountain Front," central to Blackfeet history and culture; ancient Pueblo petroglyphs strewn across mountains in New Mexico these landscapes are among many featured in Sacred Lands of Indian America, edited by Jake Page and with 84 color photographs by David Muench, and 18 maps. Though most of the photography and text focuses on the Southwest, nexus of much Native culture and activism, the book turns the lens on other states, including Minnesota, Washington, Georgia, California and Montana. With lively writing by Paula Gunn Allen, Rennard Strickland, Charles E. Little, the editor and others, this elegant, smart case for ecologically and culturally responsible practices ennobles the conservationist cause. 18 maps. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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Review by Library Journal Review

Edited by prolific author Page (Mythology of Native North America), this unique collaboration between Natives and nonNatives is intended to draw attention to several threatened sites considered sacred to Native Americans. Loosely organized by the affected tribe(s), entries on the 18 sites include a locator map, spectacular color photos by nature photographer Muench (Plateau Light), and text explaining the area's history and religious significance. Also included are short essays by such contributors as Laguna-Sioux poet Paula Gunn Allen, Cherokee-Osage legal scholar Rennard Strickland, and James Park Morton, former dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. A postscript lists some of the legal hurdles involved in protecting these sites and advice for readers who wish to help, and an annotated bibliography and list a of concerned organizations round out this beautiful call to arms. Recommended for public and Native American collections. Tim Markus, Evergreen State Coll. Lib., Olympia, WA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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