Indigenous Studies: Indigenous Culture and Practice

Demonstrates common themes in Native American cultures of the Lakota, Navajo, and Ojibwa tribes, and discusses how Native American traditions and values counter modern materialism and encourage sensitivity to others.

This three-volume encyclopedia is designed to define the academic study of American Indian religious traditions and to provide a reference that is sensitive to the political and ethical concerns of Native communities. Unlike much previous scholarship, this work attempts to present Native spiritual traditions as the practitioners themselves understand them; contributors are both Native and non-Native. While the complex subject matter is presented in more depth than is typical of dictionary-type references, the entries provide only brief introductions to the subject material. Atypical features include the use of first person narratives, the citation of individual Native elders as authoritative reference sources, and the deliberate omission of subjects that are considered private by Native communities.

Book available at UCN Libraries; The Pas