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book (PR17740) We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope
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| Author: |
Steven Charleston |
| Publisher: |
Broadleaf Books, 2023 |
| Length: |
207 Pages |
| Subjects: |
Racism; Social Justice |
| Location: |
Race & Justice |
| # Copies: |
1 |
| Description: |
From the moment European settlers reached these shores, the American apocalypse began. But Native Americans did not vanish. Apocalypse did not fully destroy them, and it doesn't have to destroy us.
Charleston points to four Indigenous prophets who helped their people learn strategies for surviving catastrophe: Ganiodaiio of the Seneca, Tenskwatawa of the Shawnee, Smohalla of the Wanapams, and Wovoka of the Paiute. Through gestures such as turning the culture upside down, finding a fixed place on which to stand, listening to what the earth is saying, and dancing a ghostly vision into being, these prophets helped their people survive. Charleston looks, too, at the Hopi people of the American Southwest, whose sacred stories tell them they were created for a purpose. These ancestors' words reach across centuries to help us live through apocalypse today with courage and dignity. |
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None specified.
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