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The Kalevala: Epic of the Finnish People 5 reviews
Kustannusosakeyhtio Otava, 1989
A readable translation
+ The Extras
+ Some of My Favourite Tales
+ By far the best
+ An excellent translation
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Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman 22 reviews
Marjorie Shostak
Harvard University Press, 2000
Dense, informitive, sad, and often moving
+ Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman.
+ "Women are strong; women are important..."
+ Very inteA very interesting book on the lives of !Kung Sun (Bush People)....
+ What was Nisa all about, and did I like it?
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Always Getting Ready, Upterrlainarluta: Yup'Ik Eskimo Subsistence in Southwest Alaska3 reviews
James H. Barker, Robin Barker
University of Washington Press, 1993
stunning
+ Amazing Work
+ Photojournalist's Account of the Real People
James Barker tells a story in pictures and words so richly that either of those media may have sufficed. The photos are powerful -- I was awestruct by the originals when I had the chance to see them in an Alaskan art museum --and they tell a story of an ancient culture in transition. The words are ...
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Make Prayers to the Raven: A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest4 reviews
Richard K. Nelson
University Of Chicago Press, 1986
Excellent source of information on the Koyukon of Alaska
+ Fascinating
+ Seeing Alaska
+ Anthropology and Humility
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Grandmothers Counsel the World: Women Elders Offer Their Vision for Our Planet18 reviews
Carol Schaefer
Trumpeter, 2006
Listen to the Grandmothers
+ Grandmothers Council the World
+ An amazing reading
+ Great news
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The Other Side of Eden: Hunters, Farmers, and the Shaping of the World 6 reviews
Hugh Brody
North Point Press, 2002
A superbly presented, anthropological study
+ Language as culture - not just hunting and gathering
+ a part of everyone's education!
The Other Side Of Eden: Hunters, Farmers, And The Shaping Of The World by anthropologist and documentary filmmaker Hugh Brody is a meticulously researched, superbly presented, anthropological study that looks closely at the life of hunter-gatherers in prehistory. Comparing the hunter-gatherers to ...
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A Story as Sharp as a Knife: The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World (Masterworks of the Classical ...2 reviews
Robert Bringhurst
University of Nebraska Press, 2000
The first volume in an essential series
+ Listening to the music of thought
There's no reason to withhold the fifth star! The poet, linguist, and typographer Robert Bringhurst worked from transcriptions of Haida myths recorded at the beginning of the twentieth century, and allows those of us who don't speak Haida a chance to sit and listen to some of that nation's great ...
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Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants8 reviews
Claudia Müller-Ebeling, Christian Rätsch, ...
Inner Traditions, 2003
From an herbalist's point of view, an excellent read!
+ EXECELLENT Book
+ This Books Makes Me Want to Become an Herbalist!
+ Well researched material
+ Excellent research!
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Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors78 reviews
Nicholas Wade
Penguin Press HC, The, 2006
Riveting
+ Engrossing
+ Simply the Best Survey of Human Prehistory for the Layman
+ Nice layman's book but perhaps still too difficult for the average reader
+ Wow!
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The Hopi Survival Kit: The Prophecies, Instructions and Warnings Revealed by the Last Elders 24 reviews
Thomas E. Mails
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1997
The Prophecies Are Happening NOW!
+ Every American must read pg 205
+ From a friend of Chief Dan Evemhema
The Hopi Survival Kit - Chapter 6 - Prophecies Past and Present - Page 207/ 208.
Hopi Elders Quote:
Quote:
Let us take a look into the future through the eyes of our prophets. They say that along the way the industrialized world will have certain problems. Throughout the world people will ...
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Singing the Songs of My Ancestors: The Life and Music of Helma Swan, Makah Elder (Civilization of the ...1 review
Linda J. Goodman
University of Oklahoma Press, 2003
A personal and engaging look into Makah culture and life.
As an occasional visitor to the Makah Reservation (relatives live in Clallam Bay and Neah Bay) I really found this book interesting because it took me into the world in a very different way than I'd ever gone before.
The history that Helma Swan shared as well as her own history make for a unique ...
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Alaska Native Ways: What the Elders Have Taught Us1 review
Natives of Alaska
Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 2002
A lovely, highly recommended display piece.
+ Alaska Native Ways
As Alaska's natives confront the realities of modern living which are changing not only their culture but their familiar environment, they're drawing strength in renewed attention to their heritage - and Alaska Native Ways: What the Elders Have Taught Us is an important tribute to this strength. ...
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Time, Causality And Prophecy in the Mongolian Cultural Region: Visions of the Future (Inner Asia)
University of Hawaii Press, 2007
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Reindeer Moon: Reindeer Moon21 reviews
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Pocket, 1991
a masterpiece of magic realism, uncanny and sublime
+ Warning - An anthropologically authentic novel
+ Excellent
+ Good Story, But Kind of Stressful
+ And you thought your life was stressful...
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Urgent Message From Mother: Gather The Women, Save The World18 reviews
Jean Shinoda Bolen
Conari Press, 2005
Time to Pull Out a Sixth Star
+ URGENT MESSAGE FROM MOTHER
+ Compelling and relevant
For me this book is a Bible.
It's worth six stars at least, and in my opinion Amazon.com needs to dust off a sixth star to accommodate it.
As you glide through Urgent Message, you begin to feel hopeful again, safe, and sheltered, and you think maybe it's possible after all for humanity ...
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Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures10 reviews
Wade Davis
Douglas & McIntyre, 2007
Plants and people
+ Defining the Ethnosphere
+ Insightful
+ Wade Davis is lyrical . . .
+ Stand Up for Cultural Diversity
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Almanac of the Dead21 reviews
Leslie Marmon Silko
Penguin Books, 1992
Stunning Revelation
+ READ THIS BOOK. You will not regret it.
+ Formidable, Complex, Vast And Compelling
+ The American Ulysses
+ Awesome, Gritty, Graphic, and Beautiful
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Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime (Inner Traditions)21 reviews
Robert Lawlor
Inner Traditions, 1991
This is a magical book.
+ "Voices of the First Day" still speaks to me
+ Mystery, Power, Appreciation
I have had my copy for thirteen years now, and, since the first time I read it, I have called it my Bible. This book has helped me to summon up lost teachings of my own souls journey, and has helped me to find my truth.
As far as the people who gave it poor reviews, I guess they don't connect to ...
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Green Man: The Archetype of Our Oneness with the Earth8 reviews
William Anderson
HarperSanFrancisco, 1990
Take this book to Europe.....
+ superb!!
+ He's everywhere!
+ Terrific documentation of the Green Man Architype
+ One of My All-time Favourite Books
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Taliesin: The Last Celtic Shaman6 reviews
John Matthews, Caitlin Matthews
Inner Traditions, 2002
Mythic view of the universe.....
+ Celtic Shamanism?
+ An important if difficult work
+ At Last, From the Bard's Own Lips...
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