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Becoming and remaining a people : Native American religions on the Northern Plains by Howard L Harrod; Project Muse is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Becoming and remaining a people : Native American religions on the Northern Plains about?

The Power Of Religion To Preserve Individual And Group Identity Is Perhaps Nowhere More Evident Than Among Native American Peoples. In The Becoming And Remaining A People The Author Shows How The Oral Traditions And Ritual Practices Of Northern Plains Indians Developed, How They Were Transformed At Critical Points In Their History, And How They Provided Them With Crucial Means Of Establishing And Maintaining Their Respective Identities. Social Change On The Northern Plains -- Continuity And Change In Northern Plains Religions -- Religious Development In The Village Societies -- Religious Organizations And Ritual Processes -- Religious Continuity And Change In The Village Societies -- Religious Transformations On The Northern Plains -- American Indian Religions And The Construction Of Cultures. Howard L. Harrod. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [133]-140) And Index.

Author

Howard L Harrod; Project Muse

Publisher

Tucson: University of Arizona Press

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780816515837

Subjects

Sociology, History, Religion