{"product_id":"native-north-america-9780806132860","title":"Native North America","description":"With abundant photographs, more than 160 in color, \u003ci\u003eNative North America\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates tribal life, sacred arenas, spiritual traditions, and artifacts of the indigenous people of North America, from the Inuit of the Canadian north to the Navajo of the American southwest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beginning with a brief history of Native Americans, Larry Zimmerman and Brian Molyneaux explore individual culture areas, region by region. They discuss Native American spiritual observances, including personal and communal rituals, initiation rites, and curing ceremonies. Through descriptions of the powwow, rites of passage, plant rituals, oral storytelling, dreams, the ghost dance, and the drum, the authors provide a sensitive introduction to Native American spiritual traditions and examine issues that face Native Americans today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZimmerman, Larry J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLarry J. Zimmerman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Chair of the American Indian and Native Studies Program at the University of Iowa. He is author of \u003cem\u003ePeoples of Prehistoric South Dakota and coeditor of Indians and Anthropologists: Vine Deloria, Jr. and the Critique of Anthropology and South Dakota Leaders.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580255895826,"sku":"9780806132860","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8964fd71-22b9-44ef-b9ad-50897779a03a.jpg?v=1756212957","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/native-north-america-9780806132860","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}