Stars above, earth below : American Indians and nature /
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| Imprint: | Niwot, Colo. : Roberts Rinehart Publishers for Carnegie Museum of Natural History, c1998. |
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| Description: | 272 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3468630 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- 1. Native American Attitudes to the Environment
- Origin Stories
- 2. Distributed Power: An Overview A Theme in American Indian Origin Stories
- 3. Tlingit Origin Stories
- 4. Four American Indian Origin Stories
- Astronomy
- 5. American Indian Astronomy: An Overview
- Animals
- 6. Animals in American Indian Life: An Overview
- 7. Ethno-Ornithology of the Zuni
- 8. Ecology, Conservation, and the Buffalo Jump
- Botany
- 9. American Indian Plant Use: An Overview
- 10. The Sacred Cedar Tree of the K[superscript w]ak[superscript w]aka'wak[superscript w] People
- 11. Corn Man and Tobacco Woman in Pima Cosmology
- Nature and Society
- 12. Nature as a Model for American Indian Societies: An Overview
- 13. Origins: Through Tewa Eyes
- Index
