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- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowLook here for scholarly and popular articles about American Indian topics in a variety of areas, including religion and spirituality, culture and identity, traditional healing, and more.
- ATLA Religion Database This link opens in a new windowFind articles about religion from the American Theological Library Association. Include "Native American" or "American Indian" as part of your search and then use the subjects on the left to narrow your results.
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Books
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.
Encyclopedia of Native American Healing by ISBN: 9780874368529Publication Date: 1996-12-01This compelling volume explores the various aspects of Native American healing found cross-culturally in North America, including Canadian and Inuit cultures.
God Is Red by ISBN: 9781555918811Publication Date: 2016-12-01First published in 1972, Vine Deloria Jr.'s God Is Red remains the seminal work on Native religious views, asking new questions about our species and our ultimate fate. Celebrating three decades in publication with a special 30th-anniversary edition.
