... 8672 Stanford Family Collections The indigenous peoples of North America come from many cultural groups and more than five hundred tribal nations. Despite such diversity, art and religion are integral to all Native American lifeways. American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian artists create both ceremonial and utilitarian objects with prayer and as tribute to the abundance of the natural world. ... time, the number has diminished as a result of the 1906 earthquake, sales, and exchanges with sister institutions. The 2,000 examples that remain at the Center document the history o...

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... the Europeans, trouble began in which groundless fears, 2 prejudices, and misunderstandings have led to tragedy. The main problem was a belief that the non-Indian cultures, values, religions, life styles, abilities, and achievements were more advanced and of a higher order than those of the Indians. And so it ... an advantage, in that your cattle are tame and domestic, while ours are wild and demand not only a larger space for range, but art to hunt and kill them" (Calloway 65). Declining populations of deer and other game forced most tribes to come to terms with raising livestock ... i...

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... . There is no single Native American religion, but rather as many religions as there are Indian peoples. Religion and ritual were a function of all activity: from the food quest and other survival-related work to technology, social and political organization, warfare and art. Religion and magic were fused with practical science; for example, prayer was used in conjunction with ... were traditionally a holistic and reverent people, viewing themselves as extensions of animate and inanimate natural objects.. In addition to this holism, other generalizations can be made in regard to Indian r...

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... historical facts allows the reader to more vividly imagine what is being described, and allows Cooper to draw on the reader's knowledge of the French and Indian War. Already, the specter of racism has "reared its ugly head", as one of the characters of the book exhibits a stereotypical reaction to a ... an effort with the title as it is. An interesting tidbit that one can pick up from the book is a description of the lost art of psalmody. Embodied in one character in the book, Gamut, this antiquated practice of putting biblical verses to song "on the go" is ... with other interpretatio...

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... . These people may have closely resembled Bigfoot in appearance, causing people to question what Erikson had seen. There are also stories about other Indian tribes who had encountered Bigfoot. For example, the Karok Indians told about "upslope persons who were hairy, large, strong, stupid, and crude"" ( ... Gaffron 22). Some tribes even made art of Bigfoot. The Kwakiutls, a tribe near British Columbia, carved totem poles and masks which clearly reference a "man beast " (Parkash). Masks were carved ... of red-haired giants that inhabited the land even before their tribes. These giants (1...

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... shaman's ability to fly or the enactment of flight bespeaks a sublime metaphysical reality that appears to be a common feature of mystical experiences everywhere. All the cosmos is accessible when the art of transformation is mastered." - Shaman, the Wounded Healer by Joan Halifax. So, that journey, cited above, was my first `conscious' exploration of a realm and philosophy which had, in hindsight, ... that ancient tradition... with a feeling akin to coming "home". Shamanism is currently undergoing an immense revival, involving people from many countries and various walks of life. The p...

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... throughout their journey. They are typically portrayed as challenging encounters for the travelers to overcome. History books, the western genre of fiction, and Hollywood movies all reinforced the stereotypes of Indian massacres, raids, abductions, thieves, and vagabonds. Occasionally in these narratives, a lone Native American would travel with the hero as a faithful companion. In general, however, Native Americans are ... many hazards emigrants had to overcome along their travels. The possibilities of massacres and abductions loomed over the wagon trains when in reality only 362 emigr...

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... that animals in Europe were generally larger than those found in America. When covering the topic of the discovery of the mammoth, Jefferson states that they were largest known quadrupeds. Indian tradition claimed that mammoths were carnivores, and that some still existed in the Northern parts of America. In and around the Ohio river, an extensive number if extremely large tusks ... mentions the great leadership of Washington, the inventor Franklin, and a self-taught astronomer named Rittenhouse. "As in philosophy and war, so in government, in oratory, in painting, in the plastic art, w...

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