And Grandma said--Iroquois teachings : as passed down through the oral tradition
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Xlibris Corp.,
[Philadelphia, Pa.] :
c2008.
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- ISBN: 1436335663
- ISBN: 9781436335669
- ISBN: 1436335655
- ISBN: 9781436335652
- Physical Description: ix, 441 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.print
- Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Xlibris Corp., c2008.
- Formatted Contents Note: The dream -- The opening address -- Colonialism -- Creation story part 1 : Sky Woman and Turtle Island -- Creation story part 2 : Mother earth and her twins -- Creation story part 3 : Human beings and Grandmother Moon -- Creation story part 4 : Counting from one to ten -- Creation story part 5 : endnotes -- Language in 3-D -- The clan system -- Trading eyes -- Funerals and contradictions -- A language dilemma -- The fog -- Where we've settled -- The four sacred rituals part 1 : the teacher -- The four sacred rituals part 2 : three of the rituals -- The four sacred rituals part 3 : Peach stone game -- Atenaha, the Seed game -- The four sacred beings -- Three souls or spirits and Ohk©Ư:we -- Weddings -- Pregnancies, according to Mohawk tradition -- A spiritual ladder -- Child rearing methods, according to Mohawk tradition -- The great law of peace part 1 : the birth of the Peacemaker -- The great law of peace part 2 : the birth of The Confederacy -- The great law of peace part 3 : keeping and preserving it -- Some notes on tobacco and other medicine -- The leadership -- Casinos -- Prayer? -- The future -- The closing address -- Appendices : What Grandma's great grand-children learned ; Directions for Atenaha, the Seed game ; Glossary of Mohawk words ; Glossary of Mohawk passages.