How have human cultures engaged with and thought about animals, plants, rocks, clouds,
and other elements in their natural surroundings? Do animals and other natural objects …

authoritative overview of the field. It encourages both appreciative and critical angles
regarding religious traditions, communities, attitudes, and practices. It presents contrasting …

Religion is more than a matter of worshipping a deity or spirit. For many people, religion
pervades every part of their lives and is not separated off into some purely private and …

Important as this insight is, Hallowell does not address the signifi-cance of" superhuman"
and human agents mutually interacting to uphold The Good Life. As a behavioralist …

It used to be straightforward to say “Paganism is a nature religion”. One conference about
“Contemporary Paganism”(at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1994) was followed …

Abstract Providing homes in Indian Country has many challenges. While there is recognition
of housing and infrastructure problems, there is little consideration of Native American …

Drawing on Indigenous methodologies, this book uses a close analysis of James R.
Walker's 1917 monograph on the Lakota Sun Dance to explore how the Sun Dance …

Understandings of health and illness are integral elements of all cultures. This chapter
concerns indigenous animistic ideas and approaches and is intended to contribute to …

Several years of fieldwork in northern Michigan1 establish the context for social crises and
revitalistic responses occurring among contemporary Great Lakes Indian peoples, who call …

Three years of fieldwork with the Algonkian-speaking Odawa Indians of the state of Michigan
revealed factors inherent in their contemporary socio-religious movement. To understand …