The Dream Seekers
Subtitle: Native American Visionary Traditions of the Great Plains (The Civilization of the American Indian Series , Vol 213)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: September 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780806128931
Subjects: Alternative belief systems; Ethnic or tribal religions; Sleep & dreams; Customs & Traditions; Native American; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; USA; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes
First sentence: THE CENTRALITY OF THE ROLE of dreaming and the vision complex among Native Americans was first noted by Ruth Benedict when she called it "the largest and most basic concept of Indian religion."