The Invention Of Writing - Prophetic And Shamanic Rituals Of North American Indians (1700-1900) Av Pierre Deleage, Catherine Howard

This book focuses on the effects of interaction between Indian and non-Indian peoples and on the complex relationships between Indians and their environments. It presents information for an accurate assessment of whether North American Indians can survive...

Probes into the significance and meaning of shamanic practices in Northeast Siberia, Alaska and British Columbia, and also points up the intriguing differences in the ritual garb as generation after generation sought to influence events through the aid...