Dreamer-Prophets of the Columbia Plateau: Smohalla and Skolaskin Volume 191 Tapa blanda - 2002

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OUP (2002), Edition: Illustrated, 272 pages, 2002. Paperback. Dreamer-Prophets of the Columbia Plateau (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) (Volume 191) by Ruby/Brown (2002)

Paperback / softback. New. Seekers after wisdom have always been drawn to American Indian ritual and symbol. This history of two nineteenth-century Dreamer-Prophets, Smohalla and Skolaskin, will interest those who seek a better understanding of the traditional Native American commitment to Mother Earth, visionary experiences drawn from ceremony, and the promise of revitalization implicit in the Ghost Dance. To white observers, the Dreamers appeared to imitate Christianity by celebrating the sabbath and preaching a covenant with God, nonviolence, and life after death. But the Prophets also advocated adherence to traditional dress and subsistence patterns and to the spellbinding Washat dance. By engaging in this dance and by observing traditional life-ways, the Prophets claimed, the living Indians might bring their dead back to life and drive the whites from the earth. They themselves brought heaven to earth, they said, by "dying, going there, and returning," in trances induced by… Leer más

University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. Paperback. New. A clean crips well preserved 2002 University of Oklahoma Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Seekers after wisdom have always been drawn to American Indian ritual and symbol. This history of two nineteenth-century Dreamer-Prophets, Smohalla and Skolaskin, will interest those who seek a better understanding of the traditional Native American commitment to Mother Earth, visionary experiences drawn from ceremony, and the promise of revitalization implicit in the Ghost Dance. To white observers, the Dreamers appeared to imitate Christianity by celebrating the sabbath and preaching a covenant with God, nonviolence, and life after death. But the Prophets also advocated adherence to traditional dress and subsistence patterns and to the spellbinding Washat dance. By engaging in this dance and by observing traditional… Leer más

Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 2002. Paperback. New. 272 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.75 inches.

Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 2002. Paperback. New. 272 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.75 inches.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of Oklahoma Press, 2002-06-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!