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The Peyote Religion Among the Navaho

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Availability:In StockContributor:David Friend Aberle, Harvey C. Moore (Contribution by), Denis Johnston (Contribution by)Publish date:1966-01-01Pages:520
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806123820ISBN-10:806123826UPC:9780806123820Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Native American StudiesSize:9.05 x 6.09 x 1.17 inchesWeight:1.6314Product ID:SCN9SSWYX1

The Peyote Religion Among the Navaho

"David F. Aberle's book on Navajo peyotism is by far the most comprehensive and complete of any on a North American tribe, and the Navajo nation is the largest in the United States. He discusses the specific politico-economic context and the crisis in the longtime struggle, and traces in detail the conflict of the traditional and the new religion." Weston La Barre. "A sound, scholarly work which...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806123820ISBN-10:806123826UPC:9780806123820Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Native American StudiesSize:9.05 x 6.09 x 1.17 inchesWeight:1.6314Product ID:SCN9SSWYX1
Aberle, David F.: - David F. Aberle, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology in the University of British Columbia, is well known for his publications on the Navajo. In a new preface to this edition he describes the impact on Navaho peyotism of the 1990 U.s. Supreme Court decision, the reduced supplies of Texas peyote, and the competition from evangelical Christianity.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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