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Your local public library may have some of these, or
may be able to get them for you from other libraries. Those that are
in print (many are) can be purchased through bookstores or directly
from the publishers.
General Books
Alexander, Hartley Burr, The World's Rim: Great Mysteries
of the North American Indians. 1953, University of Nebraska Press,
Lincoln.
Beck, Peggy V., Anna Lee Walters, & Nia Francisco,
The Sacred: Ways of Knowledge, Sources of Life. 1977, 1992, Navajo
Community College Press, Tsaile, Arizona.
Bierhorst, John, The Sacred Path: Spells, Prayers,
& Power Songs of the American Indians. 1983, William Morrow
& Co., New York.
Bierhorst, John, The Way of the Earth: Native America
& the Environment. 1994, William Morrow & Co., New York.
Bruchac, Joseph, The Native American Sweat Lodge: History
& Legends. 1993, The Crossing Press, Freedom, California.
Deloria, Vine, Jr., God is Red: A Native View of Religion.
Updated second edition, 1994, Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado.
Native American author. First published in 1972.
Dooling, D.M., & Paul Jordan-Smith, editors, I
Become Part of It: Sacred Dimensions in Native American Life. 1989,
1992, Harper Collins, San Francisco.
Eastman, Charles A. (Ohiyesa), The Soul of the Indian:
An Interpretation. 1980, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Sioux author. First published in 1911.
Erdoes, Richard, & Alfonso Ortiz, editors, American
Indian Myths & Legends. 1984, Pantheon Books, Random House,
Westminster, Maryland.
Hirschfelder, Arlene, & Paulette Molin, The Encyclopedia
of Native American Religions: An Introduction. 1992, Facts on File,
New York.
Hultkrantz, Åke, Belief & Worship in Native North
America. Edited by Christopher Vecsey, 1981, Syracuse University
Press, Syracuse, New York.
Hultkrantz, Åke, Native Religions of North America:
The Power of Visions & Fertility. 1987, Harper Collins, San
Francisco. Note: Includes sections on Shoshone and Zuni beliefs, in
addition to more general information.
Hultkrantz, Åke, Religions of the American Indians.
1979, University of California Press, Berkeley.
McGaa, Ed, Mother Earth Spirituality: Native American
Paths to Healing Ourselves & Our World. 1990, Harper Collins,
San Francisco. Oglala Sioux author.
Suzuki, David, & Peter Knudtson, Wisdom of the
Elders: Honoring Sacred Native Visions of Nature. 1992, Bantam,
New York.
Tuchman, Gail, Through the Eye of the Feather: Native
American Visions. 1994, Gibbs Smith, Publisher, Salt Lake City.
Vecsey, Christopher, editor, Handbook of American Indian
Religious Freedom. 1991, Crossroad Publishing Company, New York.
Vecsey, Christopher, editor, Religion in Native North
America. 1990, University of Idaho Press, Moscow.
Vogel, Virgil J., American Indian Medicine. 1970,
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.
Walker, Edward E., Jr., editor, Witchcraft & Sorcery
of the American Native Peoples. 1989, University of Idaho Press,
Moscow.
Wall, Steve, Shadowcatchers: A Journey in Search of
the Teachings of Native American Healers. 1994, Harper Collins Publishers,
New York.
Wall, Steve, & Harvey Arden, Wisdom-keepers: Meetings
with Native American Spiritual Leaders. 1990, Beyond Words Publishing,
Hillsboro, Oregon.
Williamson, Ray A., Living the Sky: The Cosmos of the
American Indian. 1984, 1987, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.
Books
on Specific Peoples & Regions
Bailey, Garrick A., editor, The Osage & the Invisible
World, From the Works of Francis La Flesche. 1995, University of
Oklahoma Press, Norman. A synthesis of the work on Osage religion and
ceremony of Native American anthropologist Francis La Flesche (Omaha,
1857-1932).
Carrasco, David, Religions of Mesoamerica: Cosmovision
& Ceremonial Centers. 1990, Harper Collins, San Francisco.
Colby, Benjamin N. & Lore M., The Daykeeper: The
Life & Discourse of an Ixil Diviner. 1981, Harvard University
Press, Cambridge, MA. An account of the life and work of a modern Maya
religious leader.
Fergusson, Erna, Dancing Gods: Indian Ceremonials of
New Mexico & Arizona. 1931, 1990, University of New Mexico Press,
Albuquerque.
Powers, William K., Oglala Religion. 1975, 1977,
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Reichard, Gladys, Navajo Religion: A Study of Symbolism.
1950, 1977, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
St. Pierre, Mark, & Tilda Long Soldier, Walking
in the Sacred Manner: Healers, Dreamers, & Pipe Carriers--Medicine
Women of the Plains Indians. 1995, Touchstone, Simon & Schuster,
New York. Tilda Long Soldier is Oglala Sioux.
Tooker, Elisabeth, editor, Native North American Spirituality
of the Eastern Woodlands: Sacred Myths, Dreams, Visions, Speeches, Healing
Formulas, Rituals, & Ceremonials. 1979, Paulist Press, Mahwah,
New Jersey.
Walker, James R., Lakota Belief & Ritual. edited
by Raymond J. DeMallie and Elaine A. Jahner, 1980, 1991, University
of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Books
on Peyote & the Native American Church
LaBarre, Weston, The Peyote Cult. 5th edition,
enlarged, 1989, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. First published
in 1938.
Smith, Huston, & Reuben Snake, editors, One Nation
Under God: The Triumph of the Native American Church. 1996, Clear
Light Publishers, Santa Fe. Reuben Snake is Winnebago.
Stewart, Omer C., Peyote Religion: A History. 1987,
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.
Books About Black Elk
Note: Black Elk (1863-1950) was an Oglala Sioux visionary
and spiritual leader. During the 1930s and 1940s, he granted extensive
interviews, first to John Neihardt and later to Joseph Brown, about
his life, his vision, and the traditions and beliefs of his people.
Brown, Joseph Epes, editor, The Sacred Pipe: Black
Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux. 1953, University
of Oklahoma Press, Norman.
Neihardt, John G., Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life
Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux. 1932, 1979, University
of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Neihardt, John G., The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's
Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt. Edited and with an introduction
by Raymond J. DeMallie, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Neihardt, John G., When the Tree Flowered: The Story
of Eagle Voice, a Sioux Indian. 1951, 1991, University of Nebraska
Press, Lincoln. This novel of Sioux life is based on information from
Neihardt's interviews with Black Elk.
Rice, Julian, Black Elk's Story: Distinguishing its
Lakota Purpose. 1991, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
Steltenkamp, Michael F., Black Elk: Holy Man of the
Oglala. 1993, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. Biography based
on interviews with Black Elk's daughter Lucy Looks Twice, and others
who knew him. Includes information about his life after the period covered
in the books by Neihardt and Brown.
Prepared by National Museum of the American Indian,
in cooperation with the Public Inquiry Mail Service,
Smithsonian Institution.
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