This premier publication of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian documents Native American dance with stunning photographs and e

Color 38 authentic scenes of traditional tribal dances and rituals: Rio Grande Pueblo Deer Dance, Zia clown dancers, Hopi Snake Dance, many others.

Representative Native American religions and rituals are introduced to readers in a way that respects the individual traditions as more than local curiosities o

Empowerment of North American Indian Girls is an examination of coming-of-age-ceremonies for American Indian girls past and present, featuring an in-depth look

For Native Americans, religious freedom has been an elusive goal. From nineteenth-century bans on indigenous ceremonial practices to twenty-first-century legal