The Nightway

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The Nightway

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Author : James C. Faris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990

The Nightway written by James C. Faris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.

History And Anthropology

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990

History And Anthropology written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Historical sociology categories.

Navahos And Apaches

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Author : Bertha Pauline Dutton
language : en
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date : 1976

Navahos And Apaches written by Bertha Pauline Dutton and has been published by Prentice Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Social Science categories.

Traces the history of the Navajo and Apache peoples, and examines their mythology, religion, secret societies, social customs, taboos, rituals, and ceremonies, while showing how these two proud Indian tribes have adapted to the modern world while maintaining traditional ways.

Navajo Country

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Author : Joseph C. Winter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Navajo Country written by Joseph C. Winter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Indians of North America categories.

Archaeoastronomy

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

Archaeoastronomy written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Archaeoastronomy categories.

Weaving The Dance

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Author : Rebecca M. Valette
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2000

Weaving The Dance written by Rebecca M. Valette and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Art categories.

"Weaving the Dance is the first book to focus on the early development of a special category of twentieth-century Navajo textiles known as Yeibichai weavings. These weavings are artistic interpretations of the Yeibichai dance, a sacred rite that provides a spectacular conclusion to the nine-day Navajo ceremony known as the Nightway. In spite of their theme, Yeibichai textiles were never intended for ceremonial use, but were produced exclusively for sale to an Anglo clientele willing to pay premium prices for them. Like other textiles featuring ceremonial figures, their appearance in the first decade of the twentieth century nevertheless created controversy among Navajos since traditional beliefs strongly prohibit the reproduction of sacred figures outside a ceremonal context. By the 1930s, scholars were dismissing these novel weavings as bad examples of tourist art and writing them off as a "passing fad." Despite this dire prediction, weaving with ceremonial figures continued to be produced and now constitute a recognized and well-established category of Navajo textiles." "Because of their rarity and their intriguing theme, the first Navajo weavings to feature stylized ceremonal figures in their designs captured the imagination of wealthy collectors. William Randolph Hearst, for example, purchased two such rugs to complement his extensive collection of classic (pre-1870) Navajo blankets. Collectors of Yeibichai weavings include personalities as diverse as Marjorie Merriwether Post, the cereal businesswoman and philanthropist, and Chee Dodge, the Navajo leader who became the first chairman of the Tribal Council in 1923." "Today, early Yeibichai weavings are appreciated not for their ceremonial themes, but for their originality, beauty and relative scarcity. This book traces the stylistic evolution of the genre from the highly original and complex designs created in the 1910-1935 period, to the more standarized patterns which emerged in the late 1930s and 1940s."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Songs From The Sky

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Author : Von Del Chamberlain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Songs From The Sky written by Von Del Chamberlain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Science categories.

This substantial collection of papers on indigenous astronomical knowledge is quite unequalled in its scope and extent. The authors are drawn from a variety of academic disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, engineering, art history, history of science, history of religion, folklore, and mythology, and bring a variety of academic perspectives to bear upon aspects of celestial knowledge and perception in diverse social contexts from many different parts of the globe. The Americas provide the main geographical focus, with twenty of the 32 papers concerning indigenous north American groups such as the Navajo, Lakota, Zuni and Blackfoot, the Mixe and Tzotzil Maya of southern Mexico, the Andean highlands and the Amazonian region of Peru, and southern coastal Brazil. The remaining twelve articles extend to the Arab world, sub-Saharan Africa, southern India, Java, Melanesia, Australia and Polynesia, with a few addressing broader synthetic themes. For a number of the culture areas dealt with in some detail here, other published information about sky knowledge is extremely scant.

Din Be Iina

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987

Din Be Iina written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Navajo Indians categories.

N Scott Momaday

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Author : Bernadette Rigal-Cellard
language : en
Publisher: Didier-Erudition
Release Date : 1997

N Scott Momaday written by Bernadette Rigal-Cellard and has been published by Didier-Erudition this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.

House Made of Dawn, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969, tells the story of a young American Indian named Abel, home from a foreign war and caught between two worlds: one his father's, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons and the harsh beauty of the land; the other of industrial America, a goading him into a compulsive cycle of dissipation and disgust.

Gods Among Us

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Author : Ross Coates
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

Gods Among Us written by Ross Coates and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Indian masks categories.