The Peyote Religion Among the Navaho

by David F. Aberle

Book Overview

David F. Aberle's book on Navajo peyotism is by far the most comprehensive and complete of any on a North American tribe, and the Navajo nation is the largest in the United States. He discusses the specific politico-economic context and the crisis in the longtime struggle, and traces in detail the conflict of the traditional and the new religion. - Weston La Barre.

A sound, scholarly work which has joined the ranks of anthropological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806123826
• ISBN13: 9780806123820
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"