Suggested Readings

On planning and taking a pilgrimage:

Phil Cousineau. The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker’s Guide to Making Travel Sacred, 2000.

On the history and process of pilgrimage:

Simon Coleman and John Eisner.  Pilgrimage: Past and Present in the World Religions, 1995.

Virginia Sullivan Finn.  Pilgrims in This World: A Lay Spirituality, 1990.

James W. Fowler. Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning, 1981.

 

On the spirituality of some native people:

Hopi: Following the Path of Peace.  Native American Wisdom, 1994.  A
beautiful little book that hits the high spots of Hopi spirituality.

Wa’na’nee’che’ (Dennis Renault). Principles of Native American
Spirituality, 1996.  Essential reading on Lakota spirituality.

Klara Bonsack Kelly and Harris Francis.  Navajo Sacred Places, 1994.
Sacred places, legends and stories of the Navajo.
 

 Wacipis (Pow Wows)

For listings of Pow Wows all over the United States, contact Indian Country Today, visit www.indiancountry.com, to get a subscription or a copy of the current edition of Pow Wow Magazine.

Learn about the spirituality behind the Pow Wow in Earth, Dance and Drum: A Celebration of Life by Blackwolf and Gina Jones, 1996.

Pow Wow etiquette: Never take alcohol on to a reservation.  Show respect by allowing the elders to sit on the front row. Stand when the flags go by during the Grand Entry and during a Pick-Up Ritual, performed when a sacred eagle feather falls to the ground.

Last updated January 26, 2005