Research Catalog

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Description

1. xix, 111 pages; 23 cm

Summary

1. "In contemporary Indian Country, many of the people who identify as "American Indian" fall into the "urban Indian" category: away from traditional lands and communities, in cities and towns wherein the opportunities to live one's identity as Native can be restricted, and even more so for American Indian religious practice and activity. Ancestral Ways, Modern Selves: Tradition, Performance, and Religion in Native America explores a possible theoretical model for discussing the religious nature of urbanized Indians. It uses aspects of contemporary pantribal practices such as the inter-tribal pow wow, substance abuse recovery programs such as the Wellbriety Movement, and political involvement to provide insights into contemporary Native religious identity. Simply put, this book addresses the question what does it mean to be an Indigenous American in the 21st century, and how does one express that indigeneity religiously? It proposes that practices and ideologies appropriate to the pan-Indian context provide much of the foundation for maintaining a sense of aboriginal spiritual identity within modernity. Individuals and families who identify themselves as Native American can participate in activities associated with a broad network of other Native people, in effect performing their Indian identity and enacting the values that are connected to that identity."--

Subject

1. Identification (Psychology)
2. Indians of North America > Religion
3. Indians of North America > Urban residence
4. Spiritual life

Contents

1. 1. Revitalization, renewal, and reprise : on the modern expressions of American Indian spiritual culture. Religion and spirituality as functional categories ; Renewal, revitalization, reprise ; Understanding "indigeneity" -- 2. Tradition, modernity, and spirituality : the intertribal powwow, traditional arts, and language revival as arenas for identity negotiation. The urban landscape ; Pan-Indianism in review ; The Makah ; The Chumash -- 3. Political activism as ceremony: experiencing the sacred through protest. The Ghost Dance redux ; Paddling as protest ; Red power and identity ; "American Indian-ness" -- 4. Traditional identity and communal health: religion and well-being in Indian country. Indians and alcohol ; Conclusion -- 5. Jesus as the "ultimate Sun Dancer" : on being native and christian in the city. Christians and missionaries : what is "conversion?" ; Indigenizing Jesus ; Practiced values, the value of practice ; Conclusion -- 6. Into a possible future : an epilogue. Indians, modernity, and cultural competence ; The world is a canoe.

Call number

1. JFE 16-6734

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Kelley, Dennis F.

Title

1. Tradition, performance, and religion in native America : ancestral ways, modern selves / Dennis Kelley.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2014010070

ISBN

1. 9780415823623 (hardback)
2. 0415823625 (hardback)
3. 9780415823630 (pbk.)
4. 0415823633 (pbk.)
5. 9780203550571 (ebk)

Research call number

1. JFE 16-6734