Beyond the vision : essays on American Indian culture / William K. Powers.

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Uniform Title:Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 184.
Main Author: Powers, William K.
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1987], ©1987.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 184.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples of North America.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Religion.
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Physical Description:xxii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Contents:
  • The vocable: an evolutionary perspective
  • Regulating a war dance: nonverbal cues around an Oglala drum
  • Counting your blessings: sacred numbers and the structure of reality
  • Sacred art and the culturation of nature
  • Dual religious participation: stratagems of conversion among the Lakota
  • Alternatives to Western psychotherapy: the modern-day medicine man
  • Beyond the vision: trends toward ecumenicism in American Indian religions.