Teachings from the American Earth: Indian Religion and Philosophy

by Barbara Tedlock, Dennis & Tedlock

Book Overview

This collection of writings is from authors who are either Indians who have tried to make themselves heard, or whites who have tried to hear Indians. The first part of the book emphasizes the practical and includes Isaac Tens's Career of the Medicine Man. The second section concentrates on the theoretical and contains Benjamin Lee Whorf's American Indian Model of the Universe and chapters on Indian metaphysics, among other things. In addition to an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871401460
• ISBN13: 9780871401465
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Native American Religion

This is the best collection of essays on Native American Religion & Philosophy. The introduction by the Tedlocks is a classic statement that has been cited often.