| Author |
LaDuke, Winona.
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| Title |
Recovering the sacred : the power of naming and claiming / Winona LaDuke. |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| OCLC |
60321771 |
| ISBN |
0896087123 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780896087125 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0896087131 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780896087132 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Publisher |
Cambridge, MA : South End Press, [2005] |
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©2005 |
| Description |
294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Indians of North America -- Religion.
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Indian philosophy -- North America.
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Indians of North America -- Social conditions.
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Sacred space -- North America.
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Ethnoecology -- North America.
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Cultural property -- Protection -- North America.
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Other
Subject heading/s |
Indiens d'Amérique -- Amérique du Nord -- Religion.
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Philosophie indienne d'Amérique -- Amérique du Nord.
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Indiens d'Amérique -- Amérique du Nord -- Conditions sociales.
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Lieux sacrés -- Amérique du Nord.
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Autochtones -- Écologie -- Amérique du Nord.
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Biens culturels -- Protection -- Amérique du Nord.
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| Summary |
"An overview of efforts by Native Americans to regain cultural and genetic patrimony and the conditions needed for traditional spiritual practices, including tribal histories, analysis of changes to nutrition, economy, and physical environment, and actions taken toward pollution abatement, dam removal, land and cultural reclamation, and alternative energy production"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
God, squirrels, and the universe : the Mount Graham International Observatory and the University of Arizona -- Salt, water, blood, and coal : mining in the southwest -- Klamath land and life -- Imperial anthropology : the ethics of collecting -- Quilled cradle board covers, cultural patrimony, and Wounded Knee -- Vampires in the new world : blood, academia, and human genetics -- Masks in the new millennium -- Three sisters : recovery of traditional agriculture at Cayuga, Mohawk, and Oneida communities -- Wild rice : maps, genes, and patents -- Food as medicine : the recovery of traditional foods to heal the people -- Return of the horse nation -- Namewag : sturgeon and people in the Great Lakes region -- Recovering power to slow climate change. |
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