Full Description
The indigenous imperative to honor nature is undermined by federal laws approving resource extraction through mining and drilling. Formal protections exist for Native American religious expression, but not for the places and natural resources integral to ceremonies. Under what conditions can traditional beliefs be best practiced?
Recovering the Sacred features a wealth of native research and hundreds of interviews with indigenous scholars and activists.
Winona LaDuke was named by Time in 1994 as one of America's fifty most promising leaders under forty. In 1996 and 2000, LaDuke served as Ralph Nader's vice presidential running mate in the Green Party.
Contents
God, squirrels, and the universe : the Mount Graham International Observatory and the University of Arizona --
Salt, water, blood, and coal : mining in the southwest --
Klamath land and life --
Imperial anthropology : the ethics of collecting --
Quilled cradle board covers, cultural patrimony, and Wounded Knee --
Vampires in the new world : blood, academia, and human genetics --
Masks in the new millennium --
Three sisters : recovery of traditional agriculture at Cayuga, Mohawk, and Oneida communities --
Wild rice : maps, genes, and patents --
Food as medicine : the recovery of traditional foods to heal the people --
Return of the horse nation --
Namewag : sturgeon and people in the Great Lakes region --
Recovering power to slow climate change.
