Talk by Dr. Olive Dickason, Professor of History from the University of Alberta, Canada. Dickason traces a general outline of Amerindian belief systems, and how they influence the Amerindian life ways. She recounts the personal power of the universe, with the world as a process and not simply a given. She discusses spirit powers, purification, fasting, and how this knowledge relates to the cosmos. She concludes by discussing how humor, social life, and taboos are at the core of Amerindian life.|THE AMERINDIAN WORLD VIEW / Olive Dickason| produced by Whiteskunk Productions. - SERIES: The Columbus paradox| no. 12 - Talk by Dr. Olive Dickason, Professor of History from the University of Alberta, Canada. Dickason traces a general outline of Amerindian belief systems, and how they influence the Amerindian life ways. She recounts the personal power of the universe, with the world as a process and not simply a given. She discusses spirit powers, purification, fasting, and how this knowledge relates to the cosmos. She concludes by discussing how humor, social life, and taboos are at the core of Amerindian life. - RECORDED: University of California, Los Angeles, Jan. 1992.
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