Blessing for a long time : the sacred pole of the Omaha Tribe /


Robin Ridington text, and Dennis Hastings (Inʾaska) illustrations and documentation.
Bok Engelsk 1997 Robin. Ridington,· Electronic books
Utgitt
Lincoln : : University of Nebraska Press, , c1997.
Omfang
1 online resource (xxvii, 259 p. ) : ill., map ;
Opplysninger
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. - Robin Ridington and Dennis Hastings ingeniously adopt the conventions of Omaha oral narratives to tell the story and significance of the Sacred Pole. Portions of classic anthropological texts (particularly Fletcher and La Flesche's The Omaha Tribe), Omaha narratives, and other historical and contemporary accounts are repeated - each time in a different, more enlightening context - in a circle of stories seamlessly woven around Umon'hon'ti. The result is an innovative account that effortlessly glides between past and present. The distinct personality of Umon'hon'ti emerges and becomes the principal actor in the drama of its history and return.. - This unique blend of ethnography, ethnohistory, and Omaha poetics promises to make a significant contribution to our understanding of the religious life of Native Americans.
Emner
Sjanger
Dewey
ISBN
0803239254

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