I Become Part of It

Sacred Dimensions in Native American Life

Plot

Becoming part of it / Joseph Epes Brown --
The trees stood deep rooted / Sam Gill --
The roots of peace / Iroquois --
Doing your thinking / Thomas Buckley --
Gluskabe and the four wishes / Abenaki --
The demands of harmony / Barre Toelken --
The coming of the light / Cherokee --
"It's where you put your eyes" / Sam Gill --
Why ant has a small waist / Warm Springs --
Dancing with Dash-Kayah / Terry Tafoya --
How Gluskabe stole tobacco / Abenaki --
Disenchantment / Sam Gill --
The elk skull / Winnebago --
Boundaries of belief / Barbara Tedlock --
Blue Jay / Salish --
One more smile for a Hopi clown / Emory Sekaquaptewa --
How salmon got greasy eyes / Coos-Coquille --
Our other selves / Arthur Amiotte. The Blackfoot genesis / Blackfoot --
The bison and the moth / Joseph Epes Brown --
The fox and the buffalo / Pawnee --
The spiritual landscape / Elaine Jahner --
White buffalo woman / Lakota --
Eagles fly over / Arthur Amiotte --
The return / Navajo --
Sun dance / Joseph Epes Brown --
The road to the center / Arthur Amiotte --
Sweet medicine's prophecy / Cheyennne --
Out of chaos / Vine Deloria, Jr. --
Our mother earth / Oren Lyons.