Native North American Shamanism: An Annotated Bibliography

by Shelley Osterreich

Overview

Shamanism is part of the spiritual life of nearly all Native North Americans. This bibliography gives the reader access to a wealth of information on shamanism from the Bering Strait to the Mexican border and from Maine to Florida. It includes articles and books focusing on the spiritual connections of Native Americans to the world through shamans. The books covered compare practices from tribe to tribe, make distinctions between witchcraft or sorcery and shamanism, and discuss the artifacts and tools of the trade. Many are well illustrated, including collections from the nineteenth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313301681
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/28/1998
Series:	Bibliographies and Indexes in American History , #38
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

SHELLEY ANNE OSTERREICH is Assistant Librarian at Central Connecticut State University and the author of The American Indian Ghost Dance, 1870 and 1890: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1991).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Books
Articles, Series Contributions, and Miscellaneous Papers
Special Collections
Index

Editorial Reviews

A descriptive listing of sources on Native North American shamanism, a phenomenon to which the author in her introduction attributes no less than the very survival of Native Americans. Some 55 books are reviewed, in addition to articles, series contributions, miscellaneous papers, and two special collections in the Washington State University Libraries. Osterreich (asst. librarian, Central Connecticut State U.) is effective in condensing the subject matter and character of the works discussed. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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