Medicine Bundle : Indian Sacred Performance and American Literature, 1824-1932 /

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From the 1820s to the 1930s, Christian missionaries and federal agents launched a continent-wide assault against Indian sacred dance, song, ceremony, and healing ritual in an attempt to transform Indian peoples into American citizens. In spite of this century-long religious persecution, Native peopl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bellin, Joshua David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of North America > Religion.
Indians of North America > Medicine.
Indians in literature.
American literature > White authors.
American literature > Indian authors.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Native American.
Indiens d'Amerique dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs blancs > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs indiens d'Amerique > Histoire et critique.
Indiens d'Amerique > Amerique du Nord > Rites et ceremonies.
Indiens d'Amerique > Medecine > Amerique du Nord.
Indiens d'Amerique > Amerique du Nord > Religion.
Indians > Medicine > North America.
American literature > Indian authors > History and criticism.
American literature > White authors > History and criticism.
American literature > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Medicine Bundle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 George Catlin, Te-ho-pe-nee Wash-ee; 2 Being and Becoming "Indian"; 3 The Acts of the Prophets; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments.

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