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Red Man's America
A History of Indians in the United States
Häftad, 1971
270 kr
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Red Man's America meets the great need for a comprehensive study of Indian societies from the first Stone Age hunters to the American citizens of today. Beginning with the first migrations of primitive man from Siberia in the Old World to Alaska in the New, probably during the latter part of the …
Red Man's Religion
Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico
Häftad, 1972
287 kr
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Among the topics considered in this classic study are world origins and supernatural powers, attitudes toward the dead, the medicine man and shaman, hunting and gathering rituals, war and planting ceremonies, and newer religions, such as the Ghost Dance and the Peyote Religion."The distinctive …
Singing for Power
The Song Magic of the Papago Indians of Southern Arizona
Häftad, 1938
575 kr
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Ruth Murray Underhill’s Singing for Power is a pioneering exploration of the song magic of the Papago (now Tohono O’odham) people of southern Arizona. Drawing on fourteen months of immersive fieldwork in the 1930s, Underhill presents translations of ritual songs and orations that animate Papago …
Singing for Power
The Song Magic of the Papago Indians of Southern Arizona
Inbunden, 1938
1329 kr
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Ruth Murray Underhill’s Singing for Power is a pioneering exploration of the song magic of the Papago (now Tohono O’odham) people of southern Arizona. Drawing on fourteen months of immersive fieldwork in the 1930s, Underhill presents translations of ritual songs and orations that animate Papago …
