Where the Lightning Strikes

Where the Lightning Strikes
Author :
Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 396
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781440628597
ISBN-13 : 1440628599
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Where the Lightning Strikes by : Peter Nabokov

Download or read book Where the Lightning Strikes written by Peter Nabokov and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-03-27 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of How the World Moves: A revelatory new look at the hallowed, diverse, and threatened landscapes of the American Indian For thousands of years , Native Americans have told stories about the powers of revered landscapes and sought spiritual direction at mysterious places in their homelands. In this important book, respected scholar and anthropologist Peter Nabokov writes of a wide range of sacred places in Native America. From the “high country” of California to Tennessee’s Tellico Valley, from the Black Hills of South Dakota to Rainbow Canyon in Arizona, each chapter delves into the relationship between Indian cultures and their environments and describes the myths and legends, practices, and rituals that sustained them.


Where the Lightning Strikes Related Books

Where the Lightning Strikes
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Peter Nabokov
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-03-27 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From the author of How the World Moves: A revelatory new look at the hallowed, diverse, and threatened landscapes of the American Indian For thousands of years
Native Seattle
Language: en
Pages: 376
Authors: Coll Thrush
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-23 - Publisher: University of Washington Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Winner of the 2008 Washington State Book Award for History/Biography In traditional scholarship, Native Americans have been conspicuously absent from urban hist
American Indian Places
Language: en
Pages: 392
Authors: Frances H. Kennedy
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A guide to 366 places that are significant to American Indians and open to the public. Organized geographically, the guide includes location information, maps,
Between Earth and Sky
Language: en
Pages: 36
Authors: Joseph Bruchac
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-04-19 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

With grace and drama, Abenaki poet and author Joseph Bruchac retells ten Native American legends of awe-inspiring landscapes. These wise stories, together with
Indian Tribes of Oklahoma
Language: en
Pages: 460
Authors: Blue Clark
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-03 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Oklahoma is home to nearly forty American Indian tribes and includes the largest Native population of any state. As a result, many Americans think of the state