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White Cloud/Lakota Spirit by White Cloud (Spirit),Cecelia Ferretti Brownlow,Leslie S. Wilner Pdf
An interpretation of Native American Shamanism, based on the teachings of a spirit elder of the Plains tradition, this book is the result of almost ten years of research and group seminars through which the elder spoke and delivered these messages to the authors. This elder--White Cloud--touches on many subjects of our world. He provides information on the past, views on the present, and guidance for the future. His teachings are designed to inform, educate, and stimulate a way of life which would bring back a balance and harmony between man and nature.
Caught between the world of red and white, how will Grace Cummings choose? A normal morning turns to disaster when a small war party attacks Grace Cummings' family and slaughters everyone but her. She returns to the Lakota camp filled with hatred, anger and fear, but through the help of another white woman in camp, learns the Lakota way. When white soldiers invade the camp and presume to rescue Grace, she must decide where her heart lies.
This is the story of a young frontiersman and Lakota maiden who marry and establish a trading post in the northwest region of the Louisiana Territory during the mid-1800s. It's about dealing with their very real feelings of love and hate, strength and fear, joy and sadness as they face numerous challenges in bridging the gap between two seemingly incompatible cultures. It's a story about fulfilling a dream and the perseverance it takes to accomplish it. Additionally, Wilderness Nation describes the expansive beauty and wonders of nature and the undeniable unity that exists among all creatures of life, all people, and God. The book further offers a unique and profound philosophy of life that's championed by an enlightened group of Native Americans confined to a single village of a few hundred people. The Lakota philosophy takes a very realistic approach to the world. It accepts all its good aspects, including the joys of life, sound health and happiness, and justice when served. But it also understands the world with its numerous bad features of floods and bitter cold weather, the dangers of illness, and the violence and death that results from hostile enemies. In living a good life, each Lakota villager will eventually be united with the Great Spirit of Life.
The Spirit and the Flesh by Walter L. Williams Pdf
Winner of the: Gay Book of the Year Award, American Library Association; Ruth Benedict Award, Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists; Award for Outstanding Scholarship, World Congress for Sexology Author’s note: Shortly after the second revised edition this book was published in 1992, the term "Two-Spirit Person" became more popular among native people than the older anthropological term "berdache." When I learned of this new term, I began strongly supporting the use of this newer term. I believe that people should be able to call themselves whatever they wish, and scholars should respect and acknowledge their change of terminology. I went on record early on in convincing other anthropologists to shift away from use of the word berdache and in favor of using Two-Spirit. Nevertheless, because this book continues to be sold with the use of berdache, many people have assumed that I am resisting the newer term. Nothing could be further from the truth. Unless continued sales of this book will justify the publication of a third revised edition in the future, it is not possible to rewrite what is already printed, Therefore, I urge readers of this book, as well as activists who are working to gain more respect for gender variance, mentally to substitute the term "Two-Spirit" in the place of "berdache" when reading this text. -- Walter L. Williams, Los Angeles, 2006
Indian Spirit by Michael Oren Fitzgerald,Judith Fitzgerald Pdf
This fully revised and expanded second edition of Indian Spirit, the bestselling Native American Indian picture-and-quote book, features a new foreword by Shoshone Sun Dance Chief James Trosper.
The Lakota Ghost Dance Of 1890 by Rani-Henrik Andersson Pdf
A broad range of perspectives from Natives and non-Natives makes this book the most complete account and analysis of the Lakota ghost dance ever published. A revitalization movement that swept across Native communities of the West in the late 1880s, the ghost dance took firm hold among the Lakotas, perplexed and alarmed government agents, sparked the intervention of the U.S. Army, and culminated in the massacre of hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee in December 1890. Although the Lakota ghost dance has been the subject of much previous historical study, the views of Lakota participants have not been fully explored, in part because they have been available only in the Lakota language. Moreover, emphasis has been placed on the event as a shared historical incident rather than as a dynamic meeting ground of multiple groups with differing perspectives. In The Lakota Ghost Dance of 1890, Rani-Henrik Andersson uses for the first time some accounts translated from Lakota. This book presents these Indian accounts together with the views and observations of Indian agents, the U.S. Army, missionaries, the mainstream press, and Congress. This comprehensive, complex, and compelling study not only collects these diverse viewpoints but also explores and analyzes the political, cultural, and economic linkages among them. Purchase the audio edition.
Author : James R. Walker Publisher : U of Nebraska Press Page : 416 pages File Size : 45,8 Mb Release : 1980-01-01 Category : Social Science ISBN : 0803298676
"The real value of Lakota Belief and Ritual is that it provides raw narratives without any pretension of synthesis or analysis, as well as insightful biographical information on the man who contributed more than any other individual to our understanding of early Oglala ritual and belief." Plains Anthropologist"In the writing of Indian history, historians and other scholars seldom have the opportunity to look at the past through 'native eyes' or to immerse themselves in documents created by Indians. For the Oglala and some of the other divisions of the Lakota, the Walker materials provide this kind of experience in fascinating and rich detail during an important transition period in their history." Minnesota History"This collection of documents is especially remarkable because it preserves individual variations of traditional wisdom from a whole generation of highly developed wicasa wakan (holy men). . . . Lakota Belief and Ritual is a wasicun (container of power) that can make traditional Lakota wisdom assume new life." American Indian Quarterly"A work of prime importance. . . . its publication represents a major addition to our knowledge of the Lakotas' way of life" Journal of American FolkloreRaymond J. DeMallie, director of the American Indian Studies Research Institute and a professor of anthropology at Indiana University, is the editor of James R. Walker's Lakota Society (1982) and of The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt (1984, a Bison Book), both published by the University of Nebraska Press. Elaine A. Jahner, a professor of English at Dartmouth College, has edited Walker's Lakota Myth (1983), also a Bison Book.
White Poetry To The Muse is a book of Pagan poetry. The book strives to recapture the ancient matriarchal spirit of The Great Goddess found the world over. Many world mythologies have been redacted by scribes with a patriarchal agenda at some time or another. Ergo, this book is meant to transcend these past endeavors of mendacity, and reconstruct the essence of the myths as they once were. The poems seek to reflect the beauty and chivalry once found in all clan-based gynarchies dating back deep into antiquity. Many of the poems reveal the veracious meaning of a given mythology; expounding upon the political and theological shifts of the epoch in question. In this way, the poetry is exposing the original beauty of the matriarchal themes and theologies; thus discounting any patriarchal recompositions of eschatological or political campaigning by misogynistic propaganda. These poems are not a reconstruction of history, but rather an allegorical reconstruction of Her-Story. These chivalric principles can and will change the face of modernity. As we, the children of the earth, grow ever more weary of war, famine and hate-mongering; we shall increasingly seek out the lost wisdom of The Old Code. By'r Lady of Birth, Love and Death Blessed be.
Performing the US Latina and Latino Borderlands by Arturo J. Aldama,Chela Sandoval,Peter J. García Pdf
In this interdisciplinary volume, contributors analyze the expression of Latina/o cultural identity through performance. With music, theater, dance, visual arts, body art, spoken word, performance activism, fashion, and street theater as points of entry, contributors discuss cultural practices and the fashoning of identity in Latino/a communities throughout the US. Examining the areas of crossover between Latin and American cultures gives new meaning to the notion of "borderlands." This volume features senior scholars and up-and-coming academics from cultural, visual, and performance studies, folklore, and ethnomusicology.
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen Pdf
An “indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents and American Indian Movement activists by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the novel In Paradise On a hot June morning in 1975, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and Native Americans near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, left an Indian and two federal agents dead. Four members of the American Indian Movement were indicted on murder charges, and one, Leonard Peltier, was convicted and is now serving consecutive life sentences in a federal penitentiary. Behind this violent chain of events lie issues of great complexity and profound historical resonance, brilliantly explicated by Peter Matthiessen in this controversial book. Kept off the shelves for eight years because of one of the most protracted and bitterly fought legal cases in publishing history, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse reveals the Lakota tribe’s long struggle with the U.S. government, and makes clear why the traditional Indian concept of the earth is so important at a time when increasing populations are destroying the precious resources of our world.
White Cloud and the Golden Canyon by Geoff Collins Pdf
White Cloud and the Golden Canyon is a story about a young Lakota brave who sets out on a dangerous journey into the wilderness in search of the mystical Golden Canyon and his true animal spirit. On his journey, he encounters three animal journey guides: Silver Wolf, Sky Bird, and Wind Runner. These journey guides protect White Cloud and give his wisdom and guidance as he searches for his true animal spirit. Life spirit animals or totems carry meaning, wisdom, and power. A person's life spirit animal is one who, through its own unique characteristics, will teach them important lessons as they travel through life. Finding your life spirit animal is like a going on a journey. In Native American cultures, as in many cultures of the world, this journey is called a "vision quest." This is a story of a young Native American brave who finds the strength, courage, and wisdom to follow his dream of finding his true animal spirit and taking his rightful place among the men of his tribe. This book is filled with beautiful color illustrations. The following is an excerpt from the book: The world became quiet, except for the pounding of moccasins on dry, dusty earth. The sun passed over the young brave's head and then began to slide down to the earth. Yet, he continued to run with his eyes focused to the north. After some time, he came upon a small creek and paused to drink. The water tasted good and gave him new energy. As he raised his head from the creek, he froze. There, no more than five paces in front of him, was the huge head of a black wolf. Its black coat was matted with mud and what looked like blood. A pair of crazed blood-red eyes stared back at him. White Cloud knew something was terribly wrong with the black wolf, because wolves hunt in packs, and a lone wolf will rarely attack a human. But this wolf was different. It seemed possessed by some dark and wicked spirit. White Cloud could smell the foul breath of the black wolf as it started to pace from side to side in front of him. The young brave's hand moved slowly toward his knife. Suddenly, the depraved black wolf curled its mouth into a hideous growl, exposing a row of sharp, sickly yellow teeth and gave out a blood curdling howl. Just as White Cloud began to draw his knife from its sheath, the crazed creature lunged forward with surprising speed directly at White Cloud's exposed throat. The young brave fell back as he drew his knife. Just as the black wolf was about to tear into White Cloud, another wolf with a brilliant silver-white coat plowed into the black wolf, ripping open its throat with a single snap of its powerful jaws. The black wolf tumbled backward howling in agony. It quickly ran away leaving a bright red trail of blood, with the white wolf streaking after him. White Cloud slowly rose to a sitting position. After some time, he found himself gazing into the face of the white wolf that had surely saved his life. This wolf had a brilliant silver-white coat and eyes that seemed to shine with a bright white light. Many heartbeats passed. Then the great white wolf spoke, but in a strange and magical way. The words did not come from the mouth of the wolf. The wolf, like other animals, does not speak as we do. His words flowed through the air, as if his thoughts had sound. White Cloud clearly heard the thoughts of the wolf. "Do not be afraid, White Cloud, for I am Silver Wolf and mean you no harm. I will be your protector and journey guide on this first part of your quest."
Religion and American Culture by David G. Hackett Pdf
Religion and American Culture challenges the religion's traditional emphasis on older European, American, male, middle-class, Protestant, northeastern narratives concerned primarily with churches and theology. Breaking through the field with multicultural tales of Native American, African Americans and other groups that cut across boundaries of gender, class, religion and region, David Hackett's anthology offers an illuminating and comprehensive overview of the most exciting work currently underway in this field.