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Author:

Nabokov, Peter.

Title:

Where the lightning strikes : the lives of American Indian sacred places / Peter Nabokov.

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xvii, 350 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Indians of North America--Religion.
Indians of North America--Mythology.
Sacred space--United States.
Geographical perception--United States.

Notes:

Originally published: Viking, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-335) and index.

Contents:

Mourning and renewal-Northern California. Worlds in an Island-Penobscot -- Naming the spirits-Ojibwa -- Hills of hidden meaning-Choctaw -- Between river and fire-Cherokee -- South -- A tale of three lakes-Taos/Zuni -- Place as personal-Navajo/Apache -- Christ in the flower world-Yaqui -- Draining the sacred places-Hopi -- North -- A geology of power-Plateau -- Priestly skies, shamanic earth-Pawnee -- Journeys to promised lands-Hidatsa/Crow -- The heart of everything-Lakota/Cheyenne/Kiowa -- West -- Singing the origins-Colorado River -- Beyond the Goddess-Southern California -- Where mountains congregate-Central California -- Mourning and renewal-Northern California.

ISBN:

0143038818 (pbk.) :
9780143038818 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)86214071

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)