{"product_id":"spirit-wars-native-north-american-religions-in-the-age-of-nation-building-9780520219878","title":"Spirit Wars: Native North American Religions in the Age of Nation Building","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ronald Niezen | Kim Burgess | Manley Begay\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Native American Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpirit Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of the ways in which the destruction of spiritual practices and beliefs of native peoples in North America has led to conditions of collective suffering--a process sometimes referred to as cultural genocide. Ronald Niezen approaches this topic through wide-ranging case studies involving different colonial powers and state governments: the seventeenth-century Spanish occupation of the Southwest, the colonization of the Northeast by the French and British, nineteenth-century westward expansion and nationalism in the swelling United States and Canada, and twentieth-century struggles for native people's spiritual integrity and freedom. Each chapter deals with a specific dimension of the relationship between native peoples and non-native institutions, and together these topics yield a new understanding of the forces directed against the underpinnings of native cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614466588823,"sku":"9780520219878","price":3047.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780520219878.webp?v=1775093935","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/spirit-wars-native-north-american-religions-in-the-age-of-nation-building-9780520219878","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}