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This CD contains 53 Rare and Fascinating Historic books detailing Native American Religions and Mythologies.This is a must have collection for any American Indian religion and myth (mythology) history buff!Here are the computer requirements to run and operate this CD. You must have a PC running Windows or a Macintosh running OS X or higher software and a web browser ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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The 1780s and 1790s were a critical era for communities of color in the new United States of America. Even Thomas Jefferson observed that in the aftermath of the American Revolution, "the spirit of the master is abating, that of the slave rising from the dust." This book explores the means by which the very first Black and Indian authors rose up to transform their communities and the course of American literary history. It argues that the origins of modern African-American and American Indian literatures emerged at the revolutionary crossroads of religion and racial formation as early Black and Indian authors reinvented American evangelicalism and created new postslavery communities, new categories of racial identification, and new literary traditions.

While shedding fresh light on the pioneering figures of African-American and Native American cultural history--including Samson Occom, Prince Hall, Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and John Marrant--this work also explores a powerful set of little-known Black and Indian sermons, narratives, journals, and hymns. Chronicling the early American communities of color from the separatist Christian Indian settlement in upstate New York to the first African Lodge of Freemasons in Boston, it shows how eighteenth-century Black and Indian writers forever shaped the American experience of race and religion. American Lazarus offers a bold new vision of a foundational moment in American literature. It reveals the depth of early Black and Indian intellectual history and reassesses the political, literary, and cultural powers of religion in America. ... Read more

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Great Book in Literature and Religion
American Lazarus is the story of how African American and Native American writers forged new tools to re-create their identities. In spite of slavery and subjugation, men like Samson Occom, John Marrant, Richard Allen, and Prince Hall endeavored to raise their people from civic death. This book is powerful. It is beautifully written; it sheds new light on traditions of resistance in American letters; and it shows that the theme of Lazarus (the biblical story where Jesus raises his friend from the dead) was an overarching conception for peoples of color just as the Exodus story was. Incredible history; amazing literary analysis. American Lazarus is a triumph.

An incredible story
My minister mentioned this book in a recent sermon. As a Christian living in the 21st Century, I realize that there is so much that I can take for granted. The trials and tribulations and triumphs that people like Samson Occom and John Marrant went through were inspiring to say the least. I had no idea that one of America's first hymnals was compiled by a Native American, nor did I discover until reading this book how much American Christianity is so entwined in Black and Indian struggles. I learned so much from this book. I'm not a reader of literature, but now I want to find out more about these people. I can say that it's made me a better Christian. I'm so grateful to these American saints. Thank you, Joanna Brooks, for opening my eyes.

Intellectual work and discovery at its best
With AMERICAN LAZARUS, Brooks recovers, or might I say, revives either long-forgotten or oft-misunderstood religious writings by eighteenth-century African Americans and Native Americans.And the story she tells through their works is as relevant in the 21st century as it was during theirs: God takes sides, and God's side is with the poor, the enslaved, the colonized.And these writers, like Brooks, ask: which side are you on?AMERICAN LAZARUS shows us the debt we owe to these innovative ancestors of color--politically, culturally, spiritually.And for that, we are indebted to Brooks as well. ... Read more

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Examining a series of court decisions made during the 1980s regarding the legal claims of several Native American tribes who attempted to protect ancestrally revered lands from development schemes by the federal government, this book looks at important questions raised about the religious status of land. The tribes used the First Amendment right of free exercise of religion as the basis of their claim, since governmental action threatened to alter the land which served as the primordial sacred reality without which their derivative religious practices would be meaningless. Brown argues that a constricted notion of religion on the part of the courts, combined with a pervasive cultural predisposition towards land as private property, marred the Constitutional analysis of the courts to deprive the Native American plaintiffs of religious liberty. ... Read more

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A variety of Native American tribes are authentically represented in this tarot deck.Features full scenes of daily life, folklore, and symbols. ... Read more

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Required for Collectors
This was published in 1982 when US Games were busy producing multicultural themed decks that showed the universal nature of the tarot. I purchased it in 1985, worked with it some and packed it away. I dug it out today and realized that it is vital to my collection. Why? The box and LWB is very retro-not the slick, modern, clean presentations of packs published after 2000. This deck was educational and sheds a glimpse of light on Native American spirituality. Sadly, it was just a glimpse. I wanted to learn more.

The art is primative, drawn and colored from an untrainted eye, giving it a "folk-kitch" appeal. Most of the majors are accurate to traditional images. My big question was how did the white buffalo befome the devil? I would have used the European imperialists arriving on a steam engine, destroying the natural environment. Otherwise, Geronimo is the King of Sword! How accurate! The various tribes and symbols are tossed together randomly presenting a culturally eclectic blend of all indigenous North Americal people.

This is not a deck to begin learning to read the cards with. Only experienced readers could interpret it and work with it effectively, particularly readers with a Native American background. Otherwise, it is a valuable collector deck that makes a serious collection complete.

Clever adaptation
This is a clever adaptation of the traditional patriarchal medieval tarot.It maintains the basic structure so as to be useful to those used to the old Rider-Waite European deck, but it sets the cards beautifully in Native American culture.

Great deck
This deck is good once a person has some experience. I collect Tarot decks and books, and do professional readings. This deck is better left for those with more background kowledge. The artwork and colors are terrific and true to the Native American themes of the various tribes.

A Wonderful Deck for Beginners or Advanced Readers!
This is the first deck with which I learned to do readings - and it is still my deck of choice. The meanings and illustrations provide more room for intuition and personal interpretation than traditional decks. It also gives Native American views, teachings, and history. If you feel drawn to the Native American way of life (Shamanism, animal teachings, etc) or are looking for other interpretations for traditional tarot cards, this is the deck for you. The companion book will offer even more information and insight.

wonderful!
I've used this deck for years and love its multi-tribal themes, its colorful artwork, and the intuition with which it was designed.Better balance of feminine and masculine images than the Rider-Waite. ... Read more

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The best known and most dramatic of North American Indian ceremonies, the Sun Dance ceremony and religion is an important part of both Native American and American history. Performed by the Plains Indians, including the Sioux, Dakota, Cheyenne, and others, the dance involves fixed gazing at the sun while dancing, blowing of eagle bone whistles, fasting, and sometimes, self-torture. Although outlawed by the U.S. government in 1904, it is still practiced by some Plains Indians today. This bibliography provides the first comprehensive, organized listing of sources on the Sun Dance. ... Read more

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The Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements_through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects_is a useful reference on topics dealing with key movements, organizations, leadership strategies, and the major issues Native Americans have confronted. ... Read more