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Earth is My Mother Sky

Earth is My Mother Sky Paperback / softback - 1995

by Trudy Griffin-Pierce

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  • Title Earth is My Mother Sky
  • Author Trudy Griffin-Pierce
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition First Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque
  • Date 1995-03-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780826316349
  • ISBN 9780826316349 / 0826316344
  • Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.99 x 5.99 x 0.71 in (22.83 x 15.21 x 1.80 cm)
  • Reading level 1320
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Geographic Orientation: Arizona
    • Geographic Orientation: New Mexico
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92015470
  • Dewey Decimal Code 299.782

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From the rear cover

To the Navajo, sandpaintings are sacred, living entities that reflect the interconnectedness of all living beings - humans, plants, stars, animals, and mountains. This book explores the circularity of Navajo thought in analyses of sandpaintings, Navajo chantway myths, and stories reflected in the celestial constellations. Beginning with an introduction to Navajo history and ethnography, the author explores the spiritual world of the Navajo, their ceremonial practices, and their conceptions of time and stellar motion. The Navajo depict the heavens in a group of sacred sandpaintings, and Griffin-Pierce shows how these images not only communicate the temporal and spatial dimensions of the Navajo universe but also present, in visual form, Navajo ideas about relationships among nature, self, and society. Beautifully illustrated by the author, this well-documented book is based on six years of fieldwork with Navajo chanters and on the author's twenty-year friendship with a Navajo family. Earth Is My Mother, Sky Is My Father is an engaging study for anyone who wants to better understand modern Navajo philosophy and sacred practices.