religion

Contains over 1,200 entries, alphabetically arranged, covering major religious systems and ceremonies of Native Americans in the United States and Canada.

Photographs and text provide an introduction to the gods, goddesses, and religion of the Vikings and Norsemen.

An English translation of the Aztec version of the birth of Jesus Christ told in 1583.

English translations of North and South American Indian spells, prayers, and songs traditionally used in rituals associated with birth, puberty, love, travel, sickness, weather, farming, hunting, and death.

Examines the history of religious practice by African Americans and the development of religious institutions, regional movements, and important personalities from the time of slavery up to the twentieth century.

An illustrated overview of the African-American church, covering its development before and after the Civil War, the effects of the Great Migration and the civil rights movement, the role of music, the church's leaders, and its influence in the late twentieth century. Also includes a chronology and a selected bibliography.

Explores ten instances where white man's encroachments upon the sacred grounds of Indian tribes show the tragic effects of a confrontation that is bound to harm both sides.

Black Elk, a Sioux holy man, imparts his own life story and the story of the Oglala Sioux during the tragic decades of the Custer battle, the ghost dance, and the Wounded Knee massacre, and relates many aspects of Native American spirituality.

Presents the lessons of Yaqui Indian sorcerer Don Juan Matus on how to "stop the world, " his term for achieving certain states of awareness in which the reality of everyday life is altered.