Where the lightning strikes: the lives of American Indian sacred places

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Nabokov, Peter

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Viking

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2006

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English

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East --

Worlds in an Island-Penobscot --

Naming the spirits-Ojibwa --

Hills of hidden meaning-Choctaw --

Between river and fire-Cherokee --

South --

A tale of three lakes-Taos/Zuni --

Place as personal-Navajo/Apache --

Christ in the flower world-Yaqui --

Draining the sacred places-Hopi --

North --

A geology of power-Plateau --

Priestly skies, shamanic earth-Pawnee --

Journeys to promised lands-Hidatsa/Crow --

The heart of everything-Lakota/Cheyenne/Kiowa --

West --

Singing the origins-Colorado River --

Beyond the Goddess-Southern California --

Where mountains congregate-Central California --

Mourning and renewal-Northern California.

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Geographical perception
Geographical perception -- United States
Indians of North America
Indians of North America -- Folklore
Indians of North America -- Religion
Religion
Sacred space
Sacred space -- United States

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9780670034321

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