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First Houses: Native American Homes and Sacred Structures - Hardcover

Monroe, Jean Guard; Williamson, Ray A.

 
9780395510810: First Houses: Native American Homes and Sacred Structures

Synopsis

Factual information is combined with native American creation myths in an exploration of the sacred and secular structures built by diverse native Americans tribes. By the authors of They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths.

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Synopsis

Presents a variety of North American Indian creation myths and discusses how the "first houses" described in these myths set the pattern used by the tribes for their own homes and ritual structures.

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