Defend the Sacred - Native American Religious Freedom Beyond the First Amendment

The remarkable story of the innovative legal strategies Native Americans have used to protect their religious rightsFrom North Dakota's Standing Rock encampments to Arizona's San Francisco Peaks, Native Americans have repeatedly asserted legal rights to religious freedom to protect their sacred places, practices, objects, knowledge, and ancestr

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Michael D. McNally is the John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies at Carleton College. He is the author of Honoring Elders: Aging, Authority, and Ojibwe Religion and Ojibwe Singers: Hymns, Grief, and a Native Culture in Motion. Twitter @mcnallymichaeld

Zusammenfassung

The remarkable story of the innovative legal strategies Native Americans have used to protect their religious rightsFrom North Dakota's Standing Rock encampments to Arizona's San Francisco Peaks, Native Americans have repeatedly asserted legal rights to religious freedom to protect their sacred places, practices, objects, knowledge, and ancestr

Vorwort

This is a book about religious freedom from the perspective of Native Americans, exploring what happens when Native Americans make use of the legal system to make claims to sacred places, practices, objects, and ancestral remains.

Zusatztext

"[McNally’s] work is likely the most comprehensive on Native American religions and law to date."---James. W. Waters, Reading Religion

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael D. Mcnally, McNally Michael D.
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780691190891
• ISBN: 978-0-691-19089-1
• Seiten: 400
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Human rights & civil liberties law, HISTORY / United States / General, LAW / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Civil rights & citizenship, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Civics and citizenship, LAW / Indigenous Law & Legal Systems