Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
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Gerald D. Waite
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Examines the effects of cultural theft that infringes upon religious rituals and ceremonies within Native American cultures.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Special Issue on Teaching Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony, 2004, pp. 41-52
Description
Looks at Silko's novel Ceremony and the climax of the novel, a witches’ ceremony—at Cañoncito, southeast of the Jackpile Uranium Mine. The article also discusses how Tayo, the main character, must restore harmony between the land and his people.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 107-125
Description
Describes the destruction of the wolf and argues that with the reintroduction of the wolf to their native habitat, there may be a restored harmony and balance for the Navajo people.