The longer the author worked at St. Joseph's Indian School, the more he felt that he could do something in partnership with the Lakota children and staff to remedy the way in which the church had deprived the Lakota in the past of their own culture. As he was walking along and thinking about the Last Supper at which Jesus was telling the apostles: "Do this in memory of me." He was telling them to remember what He was going to suffer on behalf of all people throughout history and to remember this in all times and places--all cultures. Just then something made him look up to the sky and above him circling around were twelve eagles. Standing in amazement, and knowing that he must not hesitate because of fear or criticism to welcome the Lakota culture into the religious instructions and worship services at the school. The "Sacred Ground" is a sensitive collation of Lakota culture and spirituality with that of the Holy Bible. Dignity and meaning is given to the so often misunderstood customs and practices of the Indian people. The book explains how the religious beliefs of the Sioux and Christian faith go hand in hand with one another.
The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake
This volume of Native myths and legends is an indispensable document in the history of North American anthropology.
... them from their lands toward the Rocky mountains ; that Tecumseh was a great general , and that nothing but his premature death defeated his grand plan ( J. Mooney The Ghost Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 : p .
A Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren Among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians, from Its Commencement, in the...
The Navajo Indians
American Indian and Alaska Native Newspapers and Periodicals, 1925-1970: 1925-1970
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A very similar tale was told to Hewitt only a little over a hundred years ago by Iroquois informants. Fenton emphasizes the long oral tradition of this myth, which most likely is much older than we can guess.
KAREN CLARK Seneca ( 1948 – Steamburg , New York Beadworker , also creates rattles DORIAL CLARK Tuscarora / Cayuga ( 1940– ) Beadworker , wireworker , headdress worker EDUCATION : Murial Hewitt , Clark's cousin , taught her .
... ambassadors , politicians , genwith clay - caked boots , men in buckskins , moccasins , skin- erals , and senators . ning knives in their belts , weather - beaten women in calico When Timberlake , her husband , committed suicide ...