Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming

Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and ClaimingThe indigenous imperative to honor nature is undermined by federal laws approving resource extraction through mining and drilling. Formal protections exist for Native American religious expression, but not for the places and natural resources integral to ceremonies. Under what conditions can traditional beliefs be best practiced? Recovering the Sacred features a wealth of native research and hundreds of interviews with indigenous scholars and

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"I needed a map of where I was and what I was doing in the cosmos

fluent Dakota speakers

Writings by Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa)

Apache storytelling

Echo Desjardins

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vignettes of family stories

Virgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota

was born at a trading post on the Minnesota River in 1812 and lived for ninety-two years in Minnesota

Keewaydinoquay was one of the very few Native American women who was steeped both in the ancient folkways of her people as well as erudite in the American university system