American Indian Myths & Mysteries

ISBN: 0880297557

Author: Gaddis, Vincent H.

Condition: New

In Septeber of 1960 state officials in New Mexico hired a group of Zuni Indians to entertain at the local rodeo. They were asked to perform some of their ancient dance ceremionials. Attendance at the rodeo was poor because of the late afternoon rains that kept falling. Finally someone asked the Zuni's what ceremonials they were performing. They wereperforming the tribe's rain dances. American Indian Myths and Mysteries is an authoritative and scrupulously researched account of mythology of the native American. Although much of this ancient heritage has been lost, a great deal has been saved and there are men and women alive today qho remember th lore of their ancestors. In American Indian Myths and Mysteries the readder will learn the power of the medicine man and be present at a contest of magic between two rival medicine men; he will discover the originof the curse of Tippecanoe and the secrets of the shamans...