Native Religions of North America by Ake Hultkrantz

Native Religions of North America: The Power of Visions and Fertility
by Åke Hultkrantz

The religious life of Native Americans is a panorama featuring an immense diversity of beliefs, ceremonies, and ways of life.

Native Religions of North America reflects this rich tradition as it admirably distills a complex subject in a practical and engaging manner.

Through concise expression and careful choice of examples, Hultkrantz identifies the diversity and continuities in American Indian spirituality.

He introduces the hunters and farmers, the past and presents, and the physical contexts and the sublime speculations of tribal religions, even the subtle shades of meaning within an Indian community.