Native North American Peoples - Religion, Native North American Peoples - General & Miscellaneous, Native North American Peoples - Folklore
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Overview
Hausman has spent more than 20 years studying, collecting, & narrating Native American (NA) stories. This book collects a lifes research into one exquisite volume that reveals the deeper meanings of the culture of our nations original civilization. More than a simple dictionary, it features stories & poems that strikingly reveal how symbols are integrated into everyday NA life. Also contains 100 photos & drawings created by NAs, which provide a lasting testament of a world that was once ours & that has largely been lost. A beautiful book, fascinating & poetically written. He honors NA philosophy & spirituality even as he reveals it.Hausman has spent over 20 years studying, collecting, and narrating Native American stories. Inviting comparisons to Joseph Campbell's Primitive Mythology, this book attempts to bring glory to the ashes of the past. Beautifully produced on sepia paper, it contains 100 photographs and 10 line drawings that provide a strong sense of what we have indeed lost.
Book Details
Published
April 1, 1992
Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, c1992.
Pages
224
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312071035