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Where the lightning strikes : the lives of American Indian sacred places
Author
Title
Where the lightning strikes : the lives of American Indian sacred places / Peter Nabokov.
ISBN
0670034320
9780670034321
Edition
Advance uncorrected proofs.
Publication
New York : Viking, 2006.
Physical Description
xviii, 344 pages ; 23 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 13325: Paperbound. From the N. Scott Momaday papers.
Notes
Advance uncorrect proof of book published in January 2006 by Viking.
Summary
Profiles sixteen locations of sacred relevance to Native Americans, explaining how each site reflects the diversity of a unique Native American culture, including the Rainbow Canyon in Arizona and the high country of northwestern California.
Variant and related titles
Lives of American Indian sacred places
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 26, 2024
Contents
East
Worlds in an Island-Penobscot
Naming the spirits-Ojibwa
Hills of hidden meaning-Choctaw
Between river and fire-Cherokee
South
A tale of three lakes-Taos/Zuni
Place as personal-Navajo/Apache
Christ in the flower world-Yaqui
Draining the sacred places-Hopi
North
A geology of power-Plateau
Priestly skies, shamanic earth-Pawnee
Journeys to promised lands-Hidatsa/Crow
The heart of everything-Lakota/Cheyenne/Kiowa
West
Singing the origins-Colorado River
Beyond the Goddess-Southern California
Where mountains congregate-Central California
Mourning and renewal-Northern California.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Proofs.
Advance copies.
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United States New York (State) New York.
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