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Mythology and Values
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Pages: 249
Authors: Katherine Spencer
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-11-11 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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In this book, Katherine Spencer examines Navaho cultural values by studying a specific subset of Navaho mythology: chantway myths, part of ceremonies performed
Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
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Authors: Robert M. Nelson
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Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony: The Recovery of Tradition is a study of the embedded texts that function as the formal and thematic backbone of Leslie Marmon Si
The Navajo Hunter Tradition
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A new approach to the study of myths relating to the origin of the Navajos. Based on extensive fieldwork and research, including Navajo hunter informants and un
Uncommon Anthropologist
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-10 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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A trailblazer in Native American linguistics and anthropology, Gladys Reichard (1893–1955) is one of America’s least-appreciated anthropologists. Her accomp