Table of Contents

Preface The Indian Way of Story Introduction: The Primal Religions Huston Smith 1. The Spiritual Malaise in America: The Confluence of Religion, Law, and Community A conversation with Vine Deloria Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux) 2. Five Hundred Nations within One: The Search for Religious Justice A conversation with Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) 3. Ecology and Spirituality: Following the Path of Natural Law A conversation with Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabeg) 4. The Homelands of Religion: The Clash of Worldviews Over Prayer, Place, and Ceremony A conversation with Charlotte Black Elk (Oglala Lakota) 5. Native Language, Native Spirituality: From Crisis to Challenge A conversation with Douglas George-Kanentiio (Mohawk-Iroquois) 6. The Triumph of the Native American Church: Celebrating the Free Exercise of Religion A conversation with Frank Dayish Jr. (Navajo) 7. The Fight for Native American Prisoners' Rights: The Red Road to Rehabilitation A conversation with Lenny Foster (Navajo) 8. Stealing Our Spirit: The Threat of the Human Genome Diversity Project A conversation with Tonya Gonella Frichner (Onondaga) 9. The Fight for Mount Graham: Looking for the Fingerprints of God A conversation with Anthony Guy Lopez (Lakota Sioux) 10. Redeeming the Future: The Two Instructions of Spiritual Law A conversation with Oren Lyons (Onondaga) 11. The Healing of Indian Country: Kinship, Custom, Ceremony, and Oratory A conversation with Vine Deloria Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux) Afterword Huston Smith Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

About the Author

Huston Smith is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Syracuse University. Among his many books are The Religions of Man (1958, republished as The World's Religions in 1991) and Why Religion Matters (2001). Phil Cousineau is the author and editor of numerous books, including Once and Future Myths: The Power of Ancient Stories in Modern Times (2001) and The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred (1998).