ISBN

089594636X; 0895946378; 9780895946379; 9780895946362

Statement of Responsibility

by Joseph Bruchac.

Publication Information

Freedom, CA : Crossing Press

Physical Description

145 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-145).

Contents

The Sweat Lodge -- Historical Survey. The Basic Types of Sweats. Early European Sweat Baths. Early Descriptions of Native American Sweats. The Repression of the Sweat Lodge -- The Parts of the Lodge. The Poles. The Covering. The Stones. The Pipe -- Creation. Noogami's Arrival (Micmac). The Creation of the Sweat Lodge (Dineh [Navajo]). The Giver (Joshua). The Naming of the Animals (Okanagan). Earth Namer (Maidu) -- The Lodge of Testing. The Bow Wrapped in Bark (Huron). The Hero Twins (Dineh [Navajo]). Mejo and The Bear (Naskapi). The Beaver Stick (Blackfeet). Chiloquin's Sweat (Klamath). The Sweat Lodge Without a Bucket (Watlala) -- When Trickster Enters the Lodge. Wolverine and Bear (Passamaquoddy). How Coyote Made the Seasons (Nez Perce). Coyote and Deer Spirit (Yakima). Coyote and Gray Giant (Dineh [Navajo]). Coyote and the Navajo (Hopi). A Dog for the Sweat Lodge (Cheyenne) -- The Healing Lodge. First Man and the Cedar Bough Lodge (Santee). The Coming of Medicines (Creek). Stone Boy (Lakota). Scar Face (Blackfeet). Weetucks Brings the Sweat (Wampanoag). The Blanket of Men's Eyes (Seneca). Turtle Man (Cheyenne).