NATIVE UNIVERSE Voices of Indian America by Native American Tribal Leaders, Writers, Scholars and Storytellers [SOLD]

NATIVE UNIVERSE Voices of Indian America by Native American Tribal Leaders, Writers, Scholars and Storytellers

National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, 2008

Softcover, first edition 2008, 336 pages, fully illustrated

This magnificent celebration of Native American culture and civilizations combines a wide-ranging and engrossing text by many of our foremost Indian scholars, writers, and leaders with a spectacular collection of illustrations showcasing the art and cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic to Patagonia, and from ancient times to the twenty first century.

Table of Contents

Our Universes - Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World

Ceremony and Ritual: Life in Motion by John C. Mohawk

Heart of Heaven, Heart of Earth: The Maya Worldview by Victor Montejo

Keeping the Original Instructions by Gabrielle Tayac

Portfolio: Our Universes

Carriers of the Dream Wheel by N. Scott Momaday

Sacred Feline by José Montaño

Our Peoples - Giving Voice to Our Histories

Promises Made, Promises Broken by Vine Deloria, Jr.

Indian Education, American Education by Brenda J. Child

Season of Struggle by Paul Chaat Smith

Alcatraz Proclamation

Portfolio: Our Peoples

This Land Belongs to Us by Tatanka Yotanka (Sitting Bull)

Afterword

Our Precious Place in the Universe by Tim Johnson

Remember by Joy Harjo

Our Lives - Contemporary Life and Identities

Coming Home by James Pepper Henry

A New Path for the People by Wilma Mankiller

Deer Dance by Linda Hogan

The Radiant Curve: Navajo Ceremony in Contemporary Life by Luci Topahonso

Powwow by George P. Horse Capture

Portfolio: Our Lives

Smoke Signals (excerpt) by Sherman Alexie

Dear John Wayne by Louise Erdrich