Sacred Words: A Study of Navajo Religion and Prayer
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
9th April 1981
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Alternative belief systems
299.782
Hardback
286
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
510g
This impressive volume synthesizes the best previous work on Navajo religion and augments it with valuable insights of its own. Based on full acquainance with extant sources, personal discussions with natives, and sophisticated analysis of literary structures, the work provides a truly helpful perspective for understanding one tribe's essential values..... Recommended to libraries interested in securing the best scholarship on Native American topics.-Choice
"This impressive volume synthesizes the best previous work on Navajo religion and augments it with valuable insights of its own. Based on full acquainance with extant sources, personal discussions with natives, and sophisticated analysis of literary structures, the work provides a truly helpful perspective for understanding one tribe's essential values..... Recommended to libraries interested in securing the best scholarship on Native American topics."-Choice