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This collection of essays and stories, many of which first appeared in Parabola magazine, range from descriptions of traditional Native American lifestyles and sacred rituals to startlingly apt prophesies of the coming of Europeans and descriptions of the struggle to live the traditional Native teachings in a world that has gone in a very different direction. Some of the topics explored include kachinas, the irreverent Hopi clowns; Navajo healing sand paintings; a dramatic firsthand description of a spirit-quest; the purpose of art in Native cultures; and the role of masks in ritual and in self-knowledge. The stories included are retellings of traditional tales; the text is further enhanced by a series of powerful illustrations by contemporary Native American artists.
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Kirkus评论
A striking collection of essays about the Native American spiritual tradition, complemented by relevant retold or preserved Native American tales. The contributors of the essays--most of which, like the stories, are reprinted from Parabola magazine--include some of the leading authorities on Native American spirituality, including Vine Deloria on the internal and external exile of the Native American (""Out of Chaos""), Arthur Amiotte on attending a religious ceremony at Pine Ridge (""Eagles Fly Over""), and Oren Lyons on the relevance for mainstream culture of the Native American way (""Our Mother Earth"": ""We are indigenous people to this land. We are like a conscience""). The tales, too--from Joseph Bruchac's retelling of ""How Gluskabe Stole Tobacco"" to the moving Iroquois tale, ""The Roots of Peace""--challenge, delight, and inspire. An important and unusually accessible contribution to our understanding of Native American spirituality. (Illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of art by contemporary Native American artists.) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
This collection of stories and essays offers welcome relief from the flood of pseudo-Indian spirituality cluttering libraries and bookstores. Introduced by poet/editor Joseph Bruchac, a leader in the study and dissemination of authentic texts, this work includes stories (admirably genuine) from the Iroquois, Abenaki, Cherokee, Pueblo, Winnebago, Salish, Coos-Coquille, Blackfoot, Pawnee, Lakota, Navajo, and Cheyenne and essays by Joseph Epes Brown, Sam Gill, Barre Toelken, Barbara Tedlock, Emory Sekaquaptewa, and Vine Deloria, among others--names that mean something. Recommended for its impeccable scholarship and valuable insights: ``It may be that American Indians contain the last best hope for spiritual renewal in a world dominated by material considerations.''-- Rhoda Carroll, Vermont Coll., Montpelier (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.