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Where the lightning strikes : the lives of American Indian sacred places / Peter Nabokov.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Viking, 2006.Description: xvii, 350 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0670034320
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299.7/135 22
LOC classification:
  • E98.R3 N33 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
East -- Worlds in an Island-Penobscot -- Naming the spirits-Ojibwa -- Hills of hidden meaning-Choctaw -- Between river and fire-Cherokee -- South -- A tale of three lakes-Taos/Zuni -- Place as personal-Navajo/Apache -- Christ in the flower world-Yaqui -- Draining the sacred places-Hopi -- North -- A geology of power-Plateau -- Priestly skies, shamanic earth-Pawnee -- Journeys to promised lands-Hidatsa/Crow -- The heart of everything-Lakota/Cheyenne/Kiowa -- West -- Singing the origins-Colorado River -- Beyond the Goddess-Southern California -- Where mountains congregate-Central California -- Mourning and renewal-Northern California.
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Books Books قاعة الكتب - الدور الثاني المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة 299.7 N117 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 01000110190709000

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-335) and index.

East -- Worlds in an Island-Penobscot -- Naming the spirits-Ojibwa -- Hills of hidden meaning-Choctaw -- Between river and fire-Cherokee -- South -- A tale of three lakes-Taos/Zuni -- Place as personal-Navajo/Apache -- Christ in the flower world-Yaqui -- Draining the sacred places-Hopi -- North -- A geology of power-Plateau -- Priestly skies, shamanic earth-Pawnee -- Journeys to promised lands-Hidatsa/Crow -- The heart of everything-Lakota/Cheyenne/Kiowa -- West -- Singing the origins-Colorado River -- Beyond the Goddess-Southern California -- Where mountains congregate-Central California -- Mourning and renewal-Northern California.

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