Teachings from the American earth : Indian religion and philosophy

Tedlock, Dennis 1939- (editor). Tedlock, Barbara (editor).

Summary: This collection of writings is from authors who are either Indians who have tried to make themselves heard, or whites who have tried to hear Indians. The first part of the book emphasizes the practical and includes Isaac Tens's "Career of the Medicine Man". The second section concentrates on the theoretical and contains Benjamin Lee Whorf's "American Indian Model of the Universe" and chapters on Indian metaphysics, among other things. In addition to an introductory essay on the Indian's stance towards reality, the editors have contributed chapters entitled "The Clown's Way" and "An American Indian View of Death".

Record details

ISBN: 9780871400970
ISBN: 0871400979
ISBN: 0871405597.
Physical Description: xxiv, 279 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Liveright, [1975]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Seeing and curing -- The career of a medicine-man / I. Tens through M. Barbeau -- A shaman's journey to the sea spirit Takanakapsaluk / K. Rasmussen -- Hanblecheyapi : crying for a vision / Black Elk through J.E. Brown -- The salt pilgrimage / R. Underhill -- The doctrine of the ghost dance / J. Mooney -- The peyote way / J.S. Slotkin -- The clown's way / B. Tedlock -- Thinking about the world -- An American Indian model of the universe / B.L. Whorf -- Linguistic reflection of Wintu thought / D. Lee -- Ojibwa ontology, behavior, and world view / A.I. Hallowell -- The Tewa world view / A. Ortiz -- The inner eye of shamanism and totemism / R. and T. Ridington -- Oglala metaphysics / Sword ... [et al.] through J.R. Walker -- Monotheism among American Indians / P. Radin -- An American Indian view of death / D. Tedlock.