Recovering the Sacred by LaDuke, Winona -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Dedication What is Sacred? Part 1: Sacred Lands and Sacred Places

God, Squirrels, and the Universe

The Apache and the Wars Raising Arizona In Search of the Authentic Apaches

Salt, Water, Blood, and Coal

“I am as much of the clouds as they are of me.” Asabakeshiinh, the Spider The Mormons, the Lawyers, and the Coal Sucking the Mother Dry The Salt Mother Still Rests

Klamath Land and Life

The Stronghold Unhealed Wounds of Federal Policy Termination: The Trees and the Land Edison Chiloquin and Tribal Restoration A River Runs through It Valuable Stuff

Part 2: Ancestors, Images, and Our Lives

Imperial Anthropology

“I am a man” Ishi’s Descendants The Ethics of Collecting Our Relatives are Poisoned Spoils of War

Quilled Cradleboard Covers, Cultural Patrimony, and Wounded Knee

Cankpe Opi: Wounded Knee Cante Ognaka: The Heart of Everything That Is The Road to Wounded Knee The Killing Fields The Aftermath and the Medals of Honor The Collection The Spirits Still Linger NAGPRA: The Homecoming Law Healing and Reconciliation

Vampires in the New World

Captain Hook and the Biopirates

Masks in the New Millennium

The Native in the Game The Fighting Sioux Ralph the Nazi In the Spirit of Crazy Horse Defense of Spirit

Part 3: Seeds and Medicine

Three Sisters

Cayugas Remember Monocultures of the Mind and of the Land Peacemaking among Neighbors Kanatiohareke: The Mohawk’s Clean Pot The Oneida’s Tsyunhehkwa: “It Provides Life for Us”

Wild Rice

Manoominike: Making Wild Rice The Price of Rice Indian Harvest or Dutch Harvest? Gene Hunters and the Map of the Wild Rice Genome Patents and Biopiracy Academic Freedom and Ethics Pollen Drift and Those Ducks Intellectual Property Water Levels and Bad Development Projects Where the Food Grows on the Water: Rice Lake and the Crandon Mine Tribal Laws and Cultural Property Rights

Food as Medicine

Traditional Agriculture and Biodiversity “Let Them Eat Grass” What We Eat Makes Us Sick They Can’t Even Eat Grass: Navajo Livestock Reduction Genes or Colonialism? Food as Medicine Dream of Wild Health Mino Miijim The Place of the Gardens

Part 4: Relatives

Return of the Horse Nation

The Horse Nation The Wallowa Valley Homecoming

Namewag

Deconstructionism at Its Best

Recovering Power to Slow Climate Change

The Economics of Energy Taté: The Wind is Wakan Spitting or Pissing in the Wind? Global Warming and the Quality of Ice Power, Inequality, and Environmental Injustice Restructuring the Energy Industry Democratizing Power Production

Endnotes Index About Winona LaDuke