The Dream Seekers: Native American Visionary Traditions of the Great Plains

By Lee Irwin

Book Overview

Irwin demonstrates the central importance of visionary dreams as sources of empowerment and innovation in Plains Indian religion. Drawing on 350 visionary dreams from sources spanning 150 years, he discusses the shared cosmological features for 23 groups of Plains Indians, including the spontaneous

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806126434
• ISBN13: 9780806126432
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.5"