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Indigenous Religions This page intentionally left blank Indigenous Religions A Companion Edited by Graham Harvey T CASSELL LONDON and NEW YORK Cassell Wellington House, 125 Strand, London WC2R OBB 370 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017-6550 First published 2000 © Graham Harvey and contributors 2000 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0-304-70447-4 (hardback) 0-304-70448-2 (paperback) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Indigenous religions: a companion/edited by Graham Harvey. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-304-70447-4 (hardcover)—ISBN 0-304-70448-2 (pbk.) 1. Indigenous peoples—Religion. I. Harvey, Graham. BL380.I56 2000 299-dc21 99-41462 CIP Typeset by Paston PrePress Ltd, Beccles, Suffolk Printed and bound in Great Britain by Bookcraft (Bath) Ltd That the people might live This page intentionally left blank Contents Contributors ix Preface xi Introduction 1 Graham Harvey Part I Persons 1. The cosmos as intersubjective: Native American other-than- human persons 23 Kenneth M. Morrison 2. Native Womanism: Exemplars of indigenism in sacred traditions of kinship 37 M. A. Jaimes Guerrero 3. Shamanism 55 Piers Vitebsky 4. Witchcraft and healing among the Bangwa of Cameroon 68 Fiona Bowie 5. Rattray's request: Spirit possession among the Bono of West Africa 80 Jan G. Platvoet Part II Powers 6. Mana and tapu: Sacred knowledge, sacred boundaries 99 Peter ]. Mataira 7. Magic, religion and secularity among the Azande and Nuer 113 Berel Dov Lerner 8. The Dreaming in contemporary Aboriginal Australia 125 Lynne Hume 9. Ecology and religion in Karuk orientations toward the land 139 Sean M. Connors CONTENTS Part III Gifts 10. Art works in Aotearoa 155 Graham Harvey 11. Music, art and movement among the Yoruba 173 Olu Taiwo 12. The unwieldy promise of ceremonies: The case of the Jakalteko Maya's Dance of the Conquest 190 Charles D. Thompson, Jr. 13. Rites of passage among the Lohorung Rai of East Nepal 204 Charlotte E. Hardman 14. Gifts for the sky people: Animal sacrifice, head hunting and power among the Naga of Burma and Assam 219 Mark R. Woodward 15. Characteristics of African indigenous religions in contemporary Zimbabwe 230 James L. Cox 16. Spirituality, values and boundaries in the revitalization of a Mi'kmaq community 243 Raoul R. Andersen, John K. Crellin and Misel Joe 17. Touching the past, teaching ways forward: The American Indian powwow 255 Teri Brewer Bibliography 269 Index of Subjects 291 Index of Authors 297 Index of Nations, Peoples and Groups 301 VIII Contributors Dr Raoul R. Andersen, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Dr Fiona Bowie, University of Wales Lampeter, UK Dr Teri Brewer, University of Wales Glamorgan, UK Sean M. Connors, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Dr James L. Cox, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, UK Dr John K. Crellin, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Dr M. A. Jaimes Guerrero, San Francisco State University, USA Dr Charlotte E. Hardman, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr Graham Harvey, King Alfred's College, Winchester, UK Dr Lynne Hume, University of Queensland, Australia Misel Joe, Saqamaw, Conne River band, Mi'kmaq Nation, Canada Berel Dov Lerner, University of Tel Aviv, Israel Peter J. Mataira, Massey University, New Zealand Dr Kenneth M. Morrison, Arizona State University, Arizona, USA Dr Jan Platvoet, Leiden University, The Netherlands Olu Taiwo, King Alfred's College, Winchester, UK Dr Charles D. Thompson, Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA Dr Piers Vitebsky, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK Dr Mark R. Woodward, Arizona State University, Arizona, USA IX
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