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Red Man's Religion : Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico

Red Man's Religion : Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico Paperback - 1972

by Ruth Murray Underhill

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University of Chicago Press, 1972. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Red Man's Religion : Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico
  • Author Ruth Murray Underhill
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 312
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 1972
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0226841677I3N00
  • ISBN 9780226841670 / 0226841677
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.96 x 6.08 x 0.78 in (22.76 x 15.44 x 1.98 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 65024985
  • Dewey Decimal Code 299.7

From the publisher

Among the topics considered in this classic study are world origins and supernatural powers, attitudes toward the dead, the medicine man and shaman, hunting and gathering rituals, war and planting ceremonies, and newer religions, such as the Ghost Dance and the Peyote Religion.

"The distinctive contribution of [Red Man's Religion] is the treatment of topics, the insight and the perspective of the author, and her ability to transmit these to the reader. . . . Trais and aspects of religion are not treated as abstract entitites, to be enumerated and summated, assigned a geographic distribution, and then abandoned. No page is a dry recital; each is an illumination. Insight and wisdom are framed in poetic prose. An offering of information in such a medium merits gratitude."-American Anthropologist

First line

The big wooden dance house near Puget Sound had been newly built in the old Indian style.

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