Around the Sacred Fire: Native Teligious Activism in the Red Power Era: A Narrative Map of the Indian Ecumenical Conference

by James Treat and Treat

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134973098X
• ISBN13: 9781349730988
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"