People of Kituwah: The Old Ways of the Eastern Cherokees - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520400320ISBN-10:520400321UPC:9780520400320Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Folk & Tribal, Indigenous, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCYCQVHN84
According to Cherokee tradition, the place of creation is Kituwah, located at the center of the world and home to the most sacred and oldest of all beloved, or mother, towns. Just by entering Kituwah, or indeed any village site, Cherokees reexperience the creation of the world, when the water beetle first surfaced with a piece of mud that later became the island on which they lived. People of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520400320ISBN-10:520400321UPC:9780520400320Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Folk & Tribal, Indigenous, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCYCQVHN84
John D. Loftin, who has been hanging around Indian Country for more than 40 years, has taught widely and written in the field of American Indian spirituality. A third-generation North Carolina lawyer, he has also represented the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians since 2003. Benjamin E. Frey is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He teaches...
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