LCC
E98 R3 U57 1974
Description
Among the topics considered in this classic study are world origins and supernatural powers, attitudes toward the dead, the medicine man and shaman, hunting and gathering rituals, war and planting ceremonies, and newer religions, such as the Ghost Dance and the Peyote Religion.
Publication
University of Chicago Press, 1965; 3rd Impression, 1974, Paperback.
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