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Encyclopedia of Native American Healing by Call Number: View Ebook Reference E98.M4 L96 1996This book explores and explains Native American healing and spiritual practices. Topics include ideas, customs, people, ceremonies, sacred objects, plants, and symbols.
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American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia by Call Number: Reference E98.R3 C755 2005 v. 1–3Explore a variety of Native American religious topics — rituals and ceremonies, objects, leaders, etc. — as well as the spiritual aspects of other topics such as food, art, dance, literature, and more.
Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism: Sacred Ceremonies of North America by Call Number: Reference E98.M4 L98 1998Find entries ranging in length from a paragraph to several pages about sacred ceremonies, shamans, shamanic techniques, terms, symbolic motifs, sacred plants and objects, and more.
Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America by Call Number: Reference BL458 .E52 2006 v. 1–3See volume 1, starting on p. 83, for essays on Native American creation stories, Native American women and Christianity, the Christian underpinning of boarding schools, and the appropriation of Native American religious traditions by whites.