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Native American Belief Traditions & connection with nature

Below are the best resources we could find on Native American Belief Traditions and connection with nature.

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Mother Earth Spirituality: Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves and Our World

“Profound and insightful . . . Mother Earth Spirituality will be of great importance to those of us, both ‘rainbow’ and non-Indian people, who walk over land in search of a deeper spiritual life . . . For us, this book is an invaluable guide showing us how to do it." Fred Alm Wolf, Ph.D.

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Ed McGaa
1990
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Indigenous Reflections on Christianity

What are the ecological implications of Christianity? There’s a story that has has played out all over the world. First come the missionaries doing good. Indigenous communities split apart and connections to land, ancestors and spirits of place weaken—not everywhere, but almost everywhere.

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2015
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Joseph Marshall III - Essential Understanding #1

Mr. Marshall responds to Oceti Sakowin Essential Understanding One which states "The original land base and natural resources of the Oceti Sakowin were under communal stewardship prior to immigrant settlement.

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Joseph M. Marshall III
2014
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Spirit Drumming: A Guide to the Healing Power of Rhythm

Gabriel Horn, White Deer of Autumn, is an award-winning writer who has provided a nuanced look at Native American culture and spirituality for decades. Now, he shows how drumming can take us back to our true selves and connect us to each other and the earth.

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White Deer of Autumn
2017
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers.

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Robin Wall Kimmerer
2015
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“We gotta make a space for that feminine voice to be heard...” | Woman Stands Shining

“Confronting Gender: Seeing, Hearing, and Valuing the Feminine” | 2018 Festival of Faiths Pat McCabe, whose indeginous name is Weyakpa Najin Win (Woman Stands Shining), is a Dine’ (Navajo) mother, grandmother, activist, artist, writer, ceremonial leader, and international speaker.

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Woman Stands Shining
2018
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Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World

Award-winning Chickasaw poet and novelist Linda Hogan explores her lifelong love of the living world and all its inhabitants. Hogan branches into nonfiction with this slender volume of meditations on the natural world.

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Linda Hogan
2007
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