| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
"An overview of efforts by Native Americans to regain cultural and genetic patrimony and the conditions needed for traditional spiritual practices, including tribal histories, analysis of changes to nutrition, economy, and physical environment, and actions taken toward pollution abatement, dam removal, land and cultural reclamation, and alternative energy production"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-280) and index. |
| Contents |
God, squirrels, and the universe : the Mt. Graham International Observatory and the University of Arizona -- Salt, water, blood, and coal : mining in the southwest -- Klamath land and life -- Imperial anthropology : the ethics of collecting -- Quilled cradleboard covers, cultural patrimony, and Wounded Knee -- Vampires in the new world : blood, academia, and human genetics -- Masks in the new millennium -- Three sisters : recovery of traditional agriculture at Cayuga, Mohawk, and Oneida communities -- Wild rice : maps, genes, and patents -- Food as medicine : the recovery of traditional foods to heal the people -- Return of the horse nation -- Namewag : sturgeon and people in the Great Lakes region -- Recovering power to slow climate change. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Religion.
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Indians of North America -- Religion. |
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Indian philosophy -- North America.
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Indian philosophy. |
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North America. |
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Indians of North America -- Social conditions.
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Indians of North America -- Social conditions. |
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Sacred space -- North America.
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Sacred space. |
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Ethnoecology -- North America.
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Ethnoecology. |
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Cultural property -- Protection -- North America.
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Cultural property -- Protection. |
| ISBN |
0896087123 paperback alkaline paper |
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0896087131 hardcover alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780896087125 |
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9780896087132 |
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