The Religion of the Indians of California (Forgotten Books)
Alfred Kroeber documents the religious customs, myths, and rituals of California’s Native peoples using early ethnographic sources.
About This Book
This volume presents an early twentieth-century examination of the spiritual traditions of Native Californian communities.
The work draws on ethnographic observation and linguistic records to describe ceremonies, myths, and ritual life.
Readers encounter a systematic account of cosmology, shamanism, and seasonal observances as recorded by the author.
The text situates these practices within the broader cultural patterns of the region’s indigenous societies.
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