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American Indian medicine ways : spiritual power, prophets, and healing / edited by Clifford E. Trafzer.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780816537167 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 081653716X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780816537174 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0816537178 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299.7/14 23
LOC classification:
  • E98.R3 A44 2017
Contents:
Introduction -- Spirits, Landscape, and Power: Ways of Quechan, Navajo, and Apache / Clifford E. Trafzer, Benjamin Jenkins -- Main Poc: Potawatomi Wabeno / R. David Edmunds - Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet / Joseph B. Herring -- Masking and Effigy in the Northeastern Woodlands / Troy R. Johnson -- Spiritual Traditions of the Great Plains / Troy R. Johnson -- Smohalla, Washani, and Seven Drums: Religious Traditions on the Northwest Plateau / Clifford E. Trafzer, Richard D. Scheuerman -- Tolowa Indian Shakers: The Role of Prophecy at Smith River, California / Al Logan Slagle -- "The Father Tells Me So!": Wovoka, the Ghost Dance Prophet / L.G. Moses -- California Indian Women, Wisdom, and Preservation / Michelle Lorimer, Clifford E. Trafzer -- Coosewoon: Visions, Medicine, and Sweat Lodge / Clifford E. Trafzer -- Conclusion.
Summary: The book highlights American Indian spiritual leaders, miracle healings, and ceremonies that have influenced American history and shows their continued significance. -- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Spirits, Landscape, and Power: Ways of Quechan, Navajo, and Apache / Clifford E. Trafzer, Benjamin Jenkins -- Main Poc: Potawatomi Wabeno / R. David Edmunds - Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet / Joseph B. Herring -- Masking and Effigy in the Northeastern Woodlands / Troy R. Johnson -- Spiritual Traditions of the Great Plains / Troy R. Johnson -- Smohalla, Washani, and Seven Drums: Religious Traditions on the Northwest Plateau / Clifford E. Trafzer, Richard D. Scheuerman -- Tolowa Indian Shakers: The Role of Prophecy at Smith River, California / Al Logan Slagle -- "The Father Tells Me So!": Wovoka, the Ghost Dance Prophet / L.G. Moses -- California Indian Women, Wisdom, and Preservation / Michelle Lorimer, Clifford E. Trafzer -- Coosewoon: Visions, Medicine, and Sweat Lodge / Clifford E. Trafzer -- Conclusion.

The book highlights American Indian spiritual leaders, miracle healings, and ceremonies that have influenced American history and shows their continued significance. -- Provided by publisher.

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