A comprehensive guide to the history, culture, and religious beliefs and practices of America's native people, The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans tells the varied and colourful stories of the tribes, their greatest leaders, wars, pacts, and the long-lasting impact that their profound wisdom and spirituality has on the West today.Containing a fascinating and comprehensive list of A-Z entries, including a series of essays, this encyclopedia will highlight: Rituals and Ceremonies Sacred Sites The Arrival of the Europeans Shamanism Totems The Warrior The Afterlife The First Nation Today The Reservations The Visionary World Ancestors and SpiritsIllustrated throughout, including charts of the totem animals belonging to each clan and maps of tribal areas.
| ISBN: | 9780007929801 |
| Publication date: | 17th January 2013 |
| Author: | Adele Nozedar |
| Publisher: | HarperCollinsPublishers an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 576 pages |
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Encyclopaedias and reference works Indigenous peoples Indigenous religions, spiritual beliefs and mythologies of the Americas Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals Spirituality and religious experience Mythical, legendary and supernatural beings, monsters and creatures Shamanism, paganism and Druidry Animism and Shamanism History of religion Traditional rituals and ceremonies |