American Indian Lacrosse - Little Brother of War

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Vennum , senior ethnomusicologist emeritus at the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., is the author of Lacrosse Legends of the First Americans . Retired and living in Tucson, Arizona, he continues research among Indian tribes in Sonora, Mexico, specifically the Seri. Klappentext To understand the aboriginal roots of lacrosse, one must enter a world of spiritual belief and magic where players sewed inchworms into the innards of lacrosse balls and medicine men gazed at miniature lacrosse sticks to predict future events, where bits of bat wings were twisted into the stick's netting, and where famous players were-and are still-buried with their sticks. Here Thomas Vennum brings this world to life. Zusammenfassung Here Thomas Vennum brings this world to life.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Vennum, Thomas Jr. Vennum, Vennum Thomas
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.02.2008
• EAN: 9780801887642
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8764-2
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 248 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Indigenous Peoples, Lacrosse, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Relating to Native American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / Lacrosse, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity, Relating to Native American people / First Americans