Blessing for a Long Time

Blessing for a Long Time
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 0803289812
ISBN-13 : 9780803289819
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Blessing for a Long Time by : Robin Ridington

Download or read book Blessing for a Long Time written by Robin Ridington and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robin Ridington and Dennis Hastings ingeniously adopt the conventions of Omaha oral narratives to tell the story and convey the significance of the Sacred Pole. Portions of classic anthropological texts (particularly Fletcher and La Flesche?s The Omaha Tribe), Omaha narratives, and other historical and contemporary accounts are repeated?each time in a different, more enlightening context?in a circle of stories seamlessly woven around Umon?hon?ti. The result is an innovative account that effortlessly glides between past and present. This unique blend of Omaha poetics, ethnography, and ethnohistory is a significant contribution to our understanding of the religious life of Native Americans.


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