| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 382 pages) : illustrations, portraits. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Religion and American Culture
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Religion and American Culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-364) and index. |
| Contents |
Aging and the life cycle imagined in Ojibwe tradition and lived in history -- Eldership, respect, and the sacred community -- Elders as grandparents and teachers -- Elders articulating tradition -- The sacralization of eldership -- The shape of wisdom. |
| Summary |
Like many Native Americans, Ojibwe people esteem the wisdom, authority, and religious significance of old age, but this respect does not come easily or naturally. It is the fruit of hard work, rooted in narrative traditions, moral vision, and ritualized practices of decorum that are comparable in sophistication to those of Confucianism. Even as the dispossession and policies of assimilation have threatened Ojibwe peoplehood and have targeted the traditions and the elders who embody it, Ojibwe and other Anishinaabe communities have been resolute and resourceful in their disciplined resp. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older Ojibwa Indians.
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Older Ojibwa Indians. |
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Ojibwa Indians -- Religion.
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Ojibwa Indians -- Religion. |
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Ojibwa Indians -- Social life and customs.
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Ojibwa Indians -- Social life and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McNally, Michael D. Honoring Elders : Aging, Authority, and Ojibwe Religion. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009 9780231145039 |
| ISBN |
9780231518253 (electronic book) |
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0231518250 (electronic book) |
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9780231145022 (cloth alkaline paper) |
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9780231145039 (paperback) |
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