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Around the Sacred Fire
J. Treat
其他書名
Native Religious Activism in the Red Power Era
出版
Springer
, 2016-04-30
主題
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity
Social Science / Sociology of Religion
Social Science / Anthropology / General
Religion / Christianity / General
History / Social History
Social Science / Minority Studies
ISBN
1137051752
9781137051752
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=M7IYDAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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Around the Sacred Fire is a compelling cultural history of intertribal activism centered on the Indian Ecumenical Conference, an influential movement among native people in Canada and the U.S. during the Red Power era. Founded in 1969, the Conference began as an attempt at organizing grassroots spiritual leaders who were concerned about the conflict between tribal and Christian traditions throughout Indian country. By the mid-seventies thousands of people were gathering each summer in the foothills of the Rockies, where they participated in weeklong encampments promoting spiritual revitalization and religious self-determination. Most historical overviews of native affairs in the sixties and seventies emphasize the prominence of the American Indian Movement and the impact of highly publicized confrontations such as the Northwest Coast fish-ins, the Alcatraz occupation, and events at Wounded Knee. The Indian Ecumenical Conference played a central role in stimulating cultural revival among native people, partly because Conference leaders strategized for social change in ways that differed from the militant groups. Drawing on archival records, published accounts, oral histories, and field research, James Treat has written the first comprehensive study of this important but overlooked effort at postcolonial interreligious dialogue.