Peter Nabokov

Profiles sixteen locations of sacred relevance to Native Americans, explaining how each site reflects the diversity of a unique Native American culture, including the Rainbow Canyon in Arizona and the high country of northwestern California.

The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places

Where the Lightning Strikes

From the author of How the World Moves: A revelatory new look at the hallowed, diverse, and threatened landscapes of the American Indian For thousands of years , Native Americans have told stories about the powers of revered landscapes and sought spiritual direction at mysterious places in their homelands. In this important book, respected scholar and anthropologist Peter Nabokov writes of a wide range of sacred places in Native America. From the “high country” of California to Tennessee’s Tellico Valley, from the Black Hills of South Dakota to Rainbow Canyon in Arizona, each chapter delves into the relationship between Indian cultures and their environments and describes the myths and legends, practices, and rituals that sustained them.

Christian

Another book I received from the author at an Interior workshop. Great stories so far, many of which provided an uncanny parallel to the chapters of Cadillac Desert, which I was reading at the same time.

Where the Lightning Strikes The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places

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