The Ho Chunk (Winnebago) people / Rosalee Thomas -- The Umonhon (Omaha) people / Rudi Mitchell -- Zen Buddhist perspective / Kyoki Roberts -- The Islamic perspective / Naeem Muhammud -- The Nation of Islam / Melvin Muhammad -- Jewish perspectives / Leonard Greenspoon -- The Jehovah's Witnesses / Ronald Rieckman -- Seventh-day Adventists / Milton L. Perry -- The Hindu perspective / Debasis Bagchi -- The Plains Indians / Marlene EchoHawk -- The Diné (Navajo) / Charlene Avery -- Hispanics in the Southwest U.S. / Delfi Mondragón.