Honoring elders : aging, authority, and Ojibwe religion / Michael D. McNally.

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Main Author: McNally, Michael David
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Series:Religion and American culture (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Older Ojibwa people.
Ojibwa people > Religion.
Ojibwa people > Social life and customs.
Physical Description:xxi, 382 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Aging and the life cycle imagined in Ojibwe tradition and lived in history
  • Eldership, respect, and the sacred community
  • Elders as grandparents and teachers
  • Elders articulating tradition
  • The sacralization of eldership
  • The shape of wisdom.