Blackening Rite

Author : R. A. F. McPhearson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595300273

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Blackening Rite by R. A. F. McPhearson Pdf

"Lost in the horizon", Robert Begay, a traditional Navajo, struggles to regain his sense of self and honor he believes lost long ago in the jungles of Vietnam, where Native Americans were forced against their ancient ways during modern combat. Soul-wounded and seriously injured during the war, Robert must got to the rescue of his younger brother, who is cornered by murderous thieves in the canyonlands of the Arizona Reservation. Desperate, Tommy Begay has sent a message for help, his bear-claw necklace tied into the mane of his horse. Robert feels the ancient pull of battle once again, but this time it's with a man from another tribe who inflicts pain for pleasure, and believes himself invincible.Robert sees this challenger as the nemesis sent by the Black God to test him. To save his brother, and regain his sense of honor, Robert must fight the Apache in a running, hand-to-hand duel during a vicious winter storm. Unknown to the Navajo, he comes into his heritage of Monster-Slayer, the ancient hero-god who fights evil. It's up to Robert to accept his in-dwelling persona and re-establish himself, to prove he is a true warrior of his people.

Author : Gladys Amanda Reichard
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400859092

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Navaho Religion by Gladys Amanda Reichard Pdf

In this in-depth exploration of the symbols found in Navaho legend and ritual, Gladys Reichard discusses the attitude of the tribe members toward their place in the universe, their obligation toward humankind and their gods, and their conception of the supernatural, as well as how the Navaho achieve a harmony within their world through symbolic ceremonial practice. Originally published in 1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Nancy D. Munn
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0822312700

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The Fame of Gawa by Nancy D. Munn Pdf

This new edition of the critically acclaimed The Fame of Gawa--originally published in 1986--makes available for the first time this important work in paperback. The Fame of Gawa is concerned with fundamental practices of value creation on Gawa, a small island off the southeast coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, the inhabitants of which participate in the long-distance kula shell exchange ring. Integrating various aspects of the study of society and culture--including the sociocultural construction of space and time, self-other relations and the body, and moral and political problems of hierarchy and equality--Nancy D. Munn shows that it is through achieving fame in the wider inter-island world that the Gawan community asserts its own internal viablity.

Author : Bagyo Prasetyo,Titi Surti Nastiti,Truman Simanjuntak
Publisher : UGM PRESS
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9786023862023

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AUSTRONESIAN DIASPORA by Bagyo Prasetyo,Titi Surti Nastiti,Truman Simanjuntak Pdf

This book is a proceeding from a number of papers presented in The International Symposium on Austronesian Diaspora on 18th to 23rd July 2016 at Nusa Dua, Bali, which was held by The National Research Centre of Archaeology in cooperation with The Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums. The symposium is the second event with regard to the Austronesian studies since the first symposium held eleven years ago by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences in cooperation with the International Centre for Prehistoric and Austronesia Study (ICPAS) in Solo on 28th June to 1st July 2005 with a theme of “the Dispersal of the Austronesian and the Ethno-geneses of People in the Indonesia Archipelago’’ that was attended by experts from eleven countries. The studies on Austronesia are very interesting to discuss because Austronesia is a language family, which covers about 1200 languages spoken by populations that inhabit more than half the globe, from Madagascar in the west to Easter Island (Pacific Area) in the east and from Taiwan-Micronesia in the north to New Zealand in the south. Austronesia is a language family, which dispersed before the Western colonization in many places in the world. The Austronesian dispersal in very vast islands area is a huge phenomenon in the history of humankind. Groups of Austronesian-speaking people had emerged in ca. 7000- 6000 BP in Taiwan before they migrated in 5000 BP to many places in the world, bringing with them the Neolithic Culture, characterized by sedentary, agricultural societies with animal domestication. The Austronesian-speaking people are distinguished by Southern Mongoloid Race, which had the ability to adapt to various types of natural environment that enabled them to develop through space and time. The varied geographic environment where they lived, as well as intensive interactions with the outside world, had created cultural diversities. The population of the Austronesian speakers is more than 380 million people and the Indonesian Archipelago is where most of them develop. Indonesia also holds a key position in understanding the Austronesians. For this reason, the Austronesian studies are crucial in the attempt to understand the Indonesian societies in relation to their current cultural roots, history, and ethno-genesis. This book discusses six sessions in the symposium. The first session is the prologue; the second is the keynote paper, which is Austronesia: an overview; the third is Diaspora and Inter-regional Connection; the fourth is Regional highlight; the fifth is Harimau Cave: Research Progress; while the sixth session is the epilogue, which is a synthesis of 37 papers. We hope that this book will inspire more researchers to study Austronesia, a field of never ending research in Indonesia.

Author : Sam D. Gill
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1981-04-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015005167070

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Sacred Words by Sam D. Gill Pdf

Author : James C. Faris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : UOM:39015018335102

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The Nightway by James C. Faris Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Southwest, New
ISBN : UOM:39015074327019

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Journal of the Southwest by Anonim Pdf

Author : H. Nooy-Palm
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004487758

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The Sa’dan-Toraja: A Study of Their Social Life and Religion by H. Nooy-Palm Pdf

Until about 1870 the Sa’dan-toraja of Sulawesi had little contact with the outside world. Several factors, of which the introduction of the coffee-growing and the coffee trade was chronologically one of the first, have changed their life as a megalithic people enmeshed in mythology and ritual drastically. The conversion of nearly half the population to Christianity after 1945 brought a particularly profound change in Sa’dan-Toraja society. Old customs, in particular as regards funerary rites, have a tenacious life, however. In autochthonous Toraja culture rituals are the main focus of attention. They are divided into ceremonies of the East and those of the West. The former, associated with sunrise and life, comprise feasts of the living; yellow and white are the colours belonging to these joyous festivals. The West is associated with sunset, death and darkness; the main colour connected with it is black. So death rituals are referred to a “night ceremonies”. In time these death feasts grew more and more complicated, finally overshadowing the festivals of the East.

Author : Thomas Maschio
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0299140946

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To Remember the Faces of the Dead by Thomas Maschio Pdf

As he challenges classical semiological accounts of cultural representation in this ethnography of Melanesian religious phenomenology, Thomas Maschio shows that ritual and poetic performance are about the enactment, expression, and invention of the self. Maschio demonstrates how such emotions as nostalgia, anger, sadness, and grief are creatively transformed during the course of religious performance and expression into a form of cultural memory--one that juxtaposes a pattern of cultural meaning with the emotional feeling of plenitude the Melanesian Rauto call makai. Evoked during initiation, mourning, and agricultural rites, and figuring prominently in Rauto discourse about the self, makai joins personal memory to patterned sets of images and meanings that Westerners would call culture.

Author : Sam Mogannam,Dabney Gough
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781607740711

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Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food by Sam Mogannam,Dabney Gough Pdf

A cookbook and market guide from the nation’s premier neighborhood grocery store, featuring expert advice on how to identify the top ingredients in any supermarket and 90 vibrant recipes that make optimal use of the goods. San Francisco’s Bi-Rite Market has a following akin to a hot restaurant—its grocery goods and prepared foods have made it a destination for lovers of great food. In Eat Good Food, former chef turned market owner Sam Mogannam explains how to source and use the finest farm-fresh ingredients and artisanal food products, decipher labels and terms, and build a great pantry. Eat Good Food gives you a new way to look at food, not only the ingredients you buy but also how to prepare them. Featuring ninety recipes for the dishes that have made Bi-Rite Market’s in-house kitchen a destination for food lovers, combined with Sam’s favorite recipes, you’ll discover exactly how to get the best flavor from each ingredient. Dishes such as Summer Corn and Tomato Salad, Spicy String Beans with Sesame Seeds, Roasted Beet Salad with Pickled Onions and Feta, Ginger-Lemongrass Chicken Skewers with Spicy Peanut Dipping Sauce, Apricot-Ginger Scones, and Chocolate Pots de Crème will delight throughout the year. No matter where you live or shop, Sam provides new insight on ingredients familiar as well unique, including: • Why spinach from open bins is better than prepackaged greens • What the material used to wrap cheese can tell you about the quality of the cheese itself • How to tell where an olive oil is really from—and why it matters • What “never ever” programs are, and why you should look for them when buying meat More engaging than a field guide and more informative than a standard cookbook, and with primers on cooking techniques and anecdotes that will entertain, enlighten, and inspire, Eat Good Food will revolutionize the way home cooks shop and eat.

Author : Sam D. Gill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Hopi Indians
ISBN : 0872495094

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Native American Religious Action by Sam D. Gill Pdf

Author : Francis La Flesche
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : STANFORD:36105048891803

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The Osage Tribe: the Rite of Vigil by Francis La Flesche Pdf

Author : N.M. Penzer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317847519

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Poison Damsels by N.M. Penzer Pdf

First published in 2004. These four classic masterpieces in esoteric research by the noted orientalist - M. Penzer explore customs and traditions from other cultures and periods of history which, for all their apparent strangeness, mask fundamental subjects of continuing interest. The first concerns the motif of the poison damsel -- the beauty who dealt death in many forms to her admirers - which originated in India, was prevalent in medieval Europe, and persists today in the belief of the femme fatale. The volume includes a study in the ancient Tate of the Two Thieves, an essay on sacred prostitution in India, the ancient East and West Africa, and an exhaustive treatment of the custom of chewing the betel or areca nut which is widespread in the far East from India through Indonesia to New Guinea. A natural stimulant and narcotic whose effects are similar to that of tobacco, betel is of growing interest to the medical world, and has, as the author shows here, a rich legacy of customs and belief.

Author : R. A. F. McPhearson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595408931

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Sons of Thunder by R. A. F. McPhearson Pdf

In TROGONS, Robert Begay, Navajo war veteran and undercover government agent, reluctantly joins Special Agents investigating drug deaths in Phoenix. A huge cat claw is carved into the backs of the Native and Hispanic victims, hinting at a sinister plot involving very important people. Kidnapped and taken to the Barranca del Cobre in Mexico, Robert finds the answers to what no one has told him. SONS OF THUNDER finds Robert and his brother Tommy drawn into organized crime threatening Native artisans on the Reservation. A mob assassin is ordered to make examples of the Begays. Instead, the Begays relentlessly track the big-city mobsters, while Robert battles his Post-Traumatic Shock, too tired of death to keep the voices quiet. Tom Begay learns of his heritage in BORN-FOR-WATER, when Robert fights vicious criminals returned to the Reservation for revenge. Desperate to save his wife and unborn son, Robert confronts the men. An old friend returns and beckons Tom to join him in the search for the killers. The chase takes them to the Mexican border where Tom finds his inner form, the Twin Son of Changing Woman, Born-for-Water, brother to Monster-Slayer.

Author : Maureen Trudelle Schwarz
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806186375

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"I Choose Life" by Maureen Trudelle Schwarz Pdf

How Navajos navigate the complex world of medicine Surgery, blood transfusions, CPR, and organ transplantation are common biomedical procedures for treating trauma and disease. But for Navajo Indians, these treatments can conflict with their traditional understanding of health and well-being. This book investigates how Navajos navigate their medically and religiously pluralistic world while coping with illness. Focusing on Navajo attitudes toward invasive procedures, Maureen Trudelle Schwarz reveals the ideological conflicts experienced by Navajo patients and the reasons behind the choices they make to promote their own health and healing. Schwarz has conducted extensive interviews with patients, traditional herbalists and ceremonial practitioners, and members of Native American Church and Christian denominations to reveal the variety of perspectives toward biomedicine that prevail on the reservation and to show how each group within the tribe copes with health-related issues. She describes how Navajos interpret numerous health issues in terms of local understanding, drawing on both their own and biomedical or Christian traditions. She also provides insight into how Navajos use ceremonial practice and prayer to deal with the consequences of amputation or transplantation.