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Native American Faith in America (Hardcover, Library binding)
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Native American Faith in America (Hardcover, Library binding)
Series: Faith in America
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Few populations around the world have been as deeply affected by
outside cultures as Native Americans. The wide variety of people
who lived in America prior to Western migration possessed an
equally wide variety of faith practices and beliefs. This book is
about how those beliefs began, how they changed due to the
influence of outside forces, and how Native Americans today are
working to preserve their faiths. Tied deeply to the land and to
nature, Native American faiths share some common traits. Native
American Faith in America explores these basic beliefs, the
""coming of the long knives,"" and the impact of Western expansion,
along with the ways that Native Americans and their faiths were
deeply changed by this new civilization on their land. As the years
have passed, many Native American ways have come into the general
culture, influencing everything from fashion and music to medicine
and sports. The dominant American culture continues to affect the
social lives of Native Americans, both on reservations and
elsewhere, while the sacred sites of some tribes have been the
source of great controversy. In the political world, Native
Americans have been very active, and most of this political work,
from the American Indian Movement to today's reservation casinos,
is based in faith and belief. Finally, the book focuses on how
Native Americans young and old are working to ensure that their
faiths and beliefs do not die out as some of their languages and
customs have.
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