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(0)Thomas E Mails
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Language
English
Description
For nearly a century the Elders of Hotevilla-a tiny village on a remote Hopi reservation in Arizona-have been guarding the secrets and prophecies of a thousand-year-old covenant that was created to ensure the well-being of the earth and its creatures. But the elders are dying, and there is no one left to pass on its remarkable teachings. Renowned Native American expert Thomas Mails was chosen by the last surviving elders to reveal to the outside world...
Author
Publisher
Council Oaks Books
Pub. Date
©1991
Physical Desc
203 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Supplements the 1979 autobiography of the Oglala holy man by recounting what Fools Crow wished to be imparted after his death -- "how he did what he did, and why he was able to soar above other medicine people to become an exceptional tube for the Higher Powers to work in and through him"--Page 11.
Author
Publisher
Council Oak Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
xvi, 368 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
This book depicts the Cherokees' ancient culture and lifestyle, their government, dress, and family life. Mails chronicles the fundamentals of vital Cherokee spiritual beliefs and practices, their powerful rituals, and their joyful festivals, as well as the story of the gradual encroachment that all but destroyed their civilization
7) Dog soldiers, Bear men, and Buffalo women: a study of the societies and cults of the Plains Indians
Author
Publisher
Prentice-Hall
Pub. Date
[1973]
Physical Desc
384 p. : ill. ; 32 cm
Language
English
8) Fools Crow
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1979
Physical Desc
278 p. : ill. ; cm.
Language
English