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Book SynopsisA collection of illuminating conversations, where renowned historian of world religions Huston Smith invites ten influential American Indian spiritual and political leaders to talk about their five-hundred-year struggle for religious freedom.
Table of ContentsPreface The Indian Way of Story Introduction: The Primal Religions Huston Smith 1. The Spiritual Malaise in America: The Confluence of Religion, Law, and Community A conversation with Vine Deloria Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux) 2. Five Hundred Nations within One: The Search for Religious Justice A conversation with Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) 3. Ecology and Spirituality: Following the Path of Natural Law A conversation with Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabeg) 4. The Homelands of Religion: The Clash of Worldviews Over Prayer, Place, and Ceremony A conversation with Charlotte Black Elk (Oglala Lakota) 5. Native Language, Native Spirituality: From Crisis to Challenge A conversation with Douglas George-Kanentiio (Mohawk-Iroquois) 6. The Triumph of the Native American Church: Celebrating the Free Exercise of Religion A conversation with Frank Dayish Jr. (Navajo) 7. The Fight for Native American Prisoners' Rights: The Red Road to Rehabilitation A conversation with Lenny Foster (Navajo) 8. Stealing Our Spirit: The Threat of the Human Genome Diversity Project A conversation with Tonya Gonella Frichner (Onondaga) 9. The Fight for Mount Graham: Looking for the Fingerprints of God A conversation with Anthony Guy Lopez (Lakota Sioux) 10. Redeeming the Future: The Two Instructions of Spiritual Law A conversation with Oren Lyons (Onondaga) 11. The Healing of Indian Country: Kinship, Custom, Ceremony, and Oratory A conversation with Vine Deloria Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux) Afterword Huston Smith Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
