Native American Religions An Introduction

NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIONS: AN INTRODUCTION provides an overview of the latest research and thought in this area. Gill presents an academically and humanistically useful way of appreciating and understanding the complexity and diversity of Native American religions and establishes them as a significant field within religious studies. In addition, aspects of European-American history are examined in a search for sources of widespread misunderstandings about the character of Native American religions.

Preface

xi

Maps and Territories

1

(9)

Orbis Terrarum: The Island of the Earth

1

(3)

All Mankind Is One

4

(3)

Homo Religiosus

7

(3)

The Place to Begin

10

(17)

Religion and the Shape of the World

11

(8)

Zuni: The Middle Place

11

(3)

Seneca: The Creator Twins

14

(2)

Navajo: The Suffering Hero

16

(2)

Stories as Maps of Cultural Values

18

(1)

The Trickster

19

(2)

Structures of Reality in Architecture and Art

21

(2)

Cosmicization of the Ordinary

23

(2)

Conclusion

25

(2)

Orality and Native American Religions

27

(16)

To Breathe Is to Make Poetry

29

(3)

The Cock and the Mouse

32

(3)

Performance

35

(4)

Conclusion

39

(4)

Action and Performance

43

(18)

Religious Paintings

45

(3)

Self-Directed Designs and Objects

48

(1)

Esoteric Religious Objects

49

(1)

Masks

50

(3)

Seneca False Faces

50

(1)

Looking through the Mask: The Hopi Case

51

(2)

Kwakiutl Masks and the Notion of Place

53

(1)

Clowns

53

(4)

Being Contrary

54

(1)

The Forbidden

54

(2)

The Portrayal of Human Folly

56

(1)

When Humor Turns to Fear

56

(1)

Ritual Materials in Action

57

(2)

Conclusion

59

(2)

Roads of Life

61

(23)

Beginning the Journey

63

(4)

Human Origins

63

(1)

Conception and Birth

64

(2)

Naming

66

(1)

Religious Awareness through Disenchantment

67

(1)

Initiation at Puberty

68

(3)

The Vision Quest

71

(3)

Pilgrimage

74

(4)

Health and Healing

78

(2)

The Journey's End

80

(1)

Conclusion

81

(3)

Ways of Life

84

(19)

Bear Ceremonialism

85

(4)

The Bladder Festival of the Alaskan Eskimo

89

(1)

The Kwakiutl Winter Ceremonial

90

(4)

The Wintun Hesi Ceremony

94

(1)

The Origins of Corn

95

(2)

The Green Corn Ceremonies of the Creek

97

(1)

The Tewa Way of Life

98

(3)

Conclusion

101

(2)

Tradition and Change in Native American Religions

103

(26)

Rio Grande Pueblos

105

(6)

Yaqui

111

(8)

The Plains

119

(7)

Conclusion

126

(3)

Epilogue

129

(7)

Map of Native American Tribes

136

(1)

Index

137

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