2517 pt. 1: Indigenous Ideas of Spirit and Transformation
Presenter name: Jeanne Lacourt, visiting Analyst
Indigenous Ideas of Spirit and Transformation
This presentation will introduce participants to the Menominee and Haudenosaunee origin stories and the important relationship Native people have with spirit beings. Specifically, we will learn how human-animal transformation in story is integral to establishing a reciprocal relationship with land, animals, and all spirit beings.
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Reading; will be emailed to participants in advance of the class
Lacourt, J. (2010). My Father was a Bear: Human-animal transformation in Native American Teachings. Spring Journal, 83
Bernstein, J. (2014). Healing Our Split, In, M. Winborn (Ed). Shared Realities: Participation Mystique and Beyond. Skiatook, OK: Fisher King Press (pp. 167-183).
Supplemental: Bernstein, J. (2014). Nonshamanic Native American Healing. Psychological Perspectives 57: 129- 146 Lacourt, J. (2012).
Coming Home: Knowing Land Knowing Self. Spring Journal, 87