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  • Wandering Bear and His Wonderful Journey

    A Young Adult Adventure Story By Evan Pritchard

    Step into the forests and rivers of early New York and discover a world where adventure, history, and ancient wisdom meet.Wandering Bear and His Wonderful Journey follows a curious young boy whose love of exploring often leads him far beyond where he is supposed to be. When Wandering Bear sets out across the land with his family, he begins a remarkable journey through the forests, streams, and ... Read more

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  • The Sacred Ways of Manitou

    Algonquin Paths to Spiritual Freedom

    What did Native traditions understand about spirit, land, and human responsibility that modern culture has forgotten?In Sacred Ways of Manitou, Evan T. Pritchard draws on Algonquin teachings and decades of historical work to explore the lost or hidden meanings of the multifaceted word manitou, a word that still holds tremendous spiritual power for many on the spiritual path today. Manitou-the ... Read more

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  • The Gift

    Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies

    by Marcel Mauss ...
    Translated by Ian Cunnison ...
    The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies (French: Essai sur le don: forme et raison de l'échange dans les sociétés archaïques) is a 1925 essay by the French sociologist Marcel Mauss that is the foundation of social theories of reciprocity and gift exchange.-Print ed. ... Read more

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  • The Nuer:

    A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People

    In 1930, anthropologist E. E. Evans-Pritchard journeyed deep into the Sudanese savanna to uncover the mysteries of the nomadic Nuer tribes - this book presents his compelling discoveries.The harsh dry plains of the Sudan cannot sustain sufficient agriculture for the tribes; to thrive, the Nuer move their camps in accordance with the seasons. At the core of daily life are cattle whose milk and meat ... Read more

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  • The Political System of the Anuak of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

    Series series LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology
    This description of the political system of the Anuak is part of the results of two expeditions by the author to East Africa in 1940. Although Anuak country had been visited in 1855 by the Maltese Andrea Debono and Philippe Terranuova D'Antonio and by several other European travellers thirty to forty years ago, the Italian Bottego (1897),the French missions under De Bonchamps (1897) and Faivre ... Read more

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  • Social Anthropology

    Social Anthropology explains and illustrates the methods of modern anthropology, tracing its development from pre-nineteenth-century philosophical speculations and the empirical work of explorers, missionaries and colonial servants, up to the second half of the twentieth century.First published in 1951. ... Read more

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  • Native New Yorkers

    The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York

    To be stewards of the earth, not owners: this was the way of the Lenape. Considering themselves sacred land keepers, they walked gently; they preserved the world they inhabited. Drawing on a wide range of historical sources, interviews with living Algonquin elders, and first-hand explorations of the ancient trails, burial grounds, and sacred sites, Native New Yorkers offers a rare glimpse into the ... Read more

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  • African Political Systems

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1940 and this edition in 1987, this book is a comparative study of African political institutions. It describes different types of social organisation that are found in a number of African societies and analyses the principles underlying these traditional forms of government.The volume represents the results of field studies carried out by trained investigators in a number of ... Read more

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  • African Political Systems

    African Political Systems is a foundational work in the field of anthropology and political science, edited by Meyer Fortes and E. E. Evans-Pritchard. First published in 1940, the book offers a comparative study of governance structures across various African societies, challenging earlier Western assumptions about political organization in non-Western cultures.Through a series of in-depth case ... Read more

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  • Henry Hudson and the Algonquins of New York

    Native American Prophecy & European Discovery, 1609

    The year was 1609, and British explorer Henry Hudson had landed in North America at the bidding of the Dutch East India Company. But Hudson was not the first man to set foot on Manhattan Island. Henry Hudson and the Algonquins of New York chronicles this historic "discovery" with a hereto unknown perspective—that of the people who met Hudson's boat on their shore. Using all available sources, ... Read more

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  • Native American Stories of the Sacred

    Annotated & Explained

    The wisdom from these stories can become acompanion on your own spiritual journey.Native American stories of the sacredare intended for more than entertainment: they are teaching tales containing elegantly simple illustrations of time-honored truths. From tales of Creation to “Why?” stories that help explain the natural world around us, these stories highlight the sacredness of all life and affirm ... Read more

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  • The Moulids of Egypt

    Egyptian Saint’s Day Festivals

    A fascinating and highly original contribution to the study of Egypt’s religious folklore.First published in Cairo during World War II, The Moulids of Egypt is a study of moulids, the popular Egyptian religious festivals celebrated by both Muslims and Christians in the first half of the twentieth century. The book talks in detail about the secular side of moulids, where sports, games, theatres, ... Read more

    $50.39 USD