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Author:

Nabokov, Peter.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xvii, 350 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

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:

9780670034321
0670034320

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57965842

LCCN:

2005042227

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)