Teachings from the American earth
Subtitle: Indian religion and philosophy
By: edited by Dennis Tedlock and Barbara Tedlock.
Contributors: Tedlock, Dennis, 1939-; Tedlock, Barbara.
Publisher: Liveright
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Religion; Indian mythology -- North America
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: 1975.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The career of a medicine-man / Isaac Tens, through Marius Barbeau; title: A shaman's journey to the sea spirit Takánakapsâluk / Knud Rasmussen; title: Hanblecheyapi : crying for a vision / Black Elk, through Joseph Epes Brown; title: The salt pilgrimage / Ruth Underhill; title: The doctrine of the ghost dance / James Mooney; title: The peyote way / J.S. Slotkin; title: The clown's way / Barbara Tedlock; title: An American Indian model of the universe / Benjamin Lee Whorf; title: Linguistic reflection of Wintu thought / Dorothy Lee; title: Ojibwa ontology, behavior, and world view / A. Irving Hallowell; title: The Tewa world view / Alfonso Ortiz; title: The inner eye of Shamanism and Totemism / Robin Ridington and Tonia Ridington; title: Oglala metaphysics / Sword ... [et  al.], through J.R. Walker; title: Monotheism among American Indians / Paul Radin; title: An American Indian view of death / Dennis Tedlock.