Standing Ground - Yurok Indian Spirituality, 18501990

"The most in-depth, complex, and analytically sophisticated portrayal of Yurok spirituality ever written by an anthropologist [and] the most important ethnographic work about the Yurok in general since Kroeber's work in the early twentieth century."—Les W. Field, author of The Grimace of Macho Ratón

"Its description of Yurok religious practice in recent times is both sympathetic and insightful, providing an interweaving series of narratives and interpretations. The author makes an eloquent case for cultural continuity."—Michael Harkin, author of The Heiltsuks

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

PART ONE: CONTEXTS
1. The Yurok Reservation
2. Double Helix
3. Native Authors

PART TWO: TESTIMONY
4. Seeing with Their Own Eyes
5. Doctors
6. The GO-Road

PART THREE: UNDERSTANDINGS
7. The One Who Flies All around the World
8. The World
9. Melancholy
10. The Shaker Church
11. Jump Dance

Notes
References
Acknowledgments of Permissions
Index

About the author

Thomas Buckley is an independent scholar and writer living in Maine. He previously taught anthropology and American Indian studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and coedited Blood Magic: The Anthropology of Menstruation (California, 1988).

Summary

An account of spiritual training and practice within an American Indian social network that emphasizes narrative over analysis.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Thomas Buckley, Thomas Buckley
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.12.2002
• EAN: 9780520233898
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23389-8
• No. of pages: 337
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; USA, History: specific events & topics, RELIGION / Spirituality, HISTORY / General, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Spirituality & religious experience, Indigenous Peoples, Alternative belief systems, United States of America, USA, History: specific events and topics, Spirituality and religious experience, Relating to Native American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies