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Author Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

Title The native American sweat lodge : history and legends / by Joseph Bruchac.

Publication Info. Freedom, CA : Crossing Press, [1993]
©1993

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  391.64 BRU    Check Shelf
Description 145 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-145).
Contents The sweat lodge -- Historical survey -- The parts of the lodge -- Creation -- The lodge of testing -- When Trickster enters the lodge -- The healing lodge -- Further reading -- Bibliography.
Summary Bruchac celebrates the importance of the sweat lodge in this overview of its history, meaning, and use to American Indians and other cultures. Includes 25 traditional Native American poems and stories.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Folklore.
Subject Indians of North America -- Folklore.
Ceremonial Behavior -- North America.
Medicine, Traditional -- North America.
Sweatbaths -- North America.
Baths -- North America.
Indians, North American -- North America.
Religion and Medicine -- North America.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples, North American -- North America.
ISBN 0895946378 cloth
9780895946379 cloth
089594636X paper $12.95
9780895946362 paper
Standard No. 628195946363
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