Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming, Paperback

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The indigenous imperative to honor nature is undermined by federal laws approving resource extraction through mining and drilling. Formal protections exist for Native American religious expression, but not for the places and natural resources integral to ceremonies. Under what conditions can traditional beliefs be best practiced?""Recovering the Sacred ""features a wealth of native research and hundreds of interviews with indigenous scholars and activists. Winona La Duke was named by ""Time ""in 1994 as one of America's fifty most promising leaders under forty. In 1996 and 2000, La Duke served as Ralph Nader's vice presidential running mate in the Green Party.