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The Appropriation of Native American Spirituality

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Suzanne Owen's study documents a specific, checkable pattern, particular Native ceremonies moving out of the communities that hold them and into a generic commercial spiritual marketplace, and the named objections the nations concerned have raised against that movement, rather than a general survey of Native American religion. That focus on a documented pattern with named examples and named objecting parties is the book's real evidentiary content. This record has not independently traced further scholarly or community response since 2008. Use it to document this specific appropriation pattern and the objections raised against it; it is not a comprehensive source on any one nation's own religious practice, which needs a source from or about that specific nation.

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1
Suzanne Owen's study documenting a specific, checkable pattern, particular Native ceremonies moving out of the communities that hold them and into a generic commercial spiritual marketplace, and the named objections the nations concerned have raised against it.
Notes
Scholarly treatment of the movement of specific Native ceremonies into a generic market, and of the objections raised by the nations concerned.
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Author
Suzanne Owen
Publisher
Continuum
Publication Year
2008
Source Type
book
Claims Backed By This Source (201 claims)

This source backs 201 claims across the atlas. As facts: 43 well-attested, 44 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 54 holds. Plus 60 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Animals & Totems, 102 claims: 11 well-attested, 40 scholarly debate, 51 general references.
  • Disciplines, 59 claims: 4 well-attested, 54 holds, 1 general references.
  • Practices, 13 claims: 10 well-attested, 3 general references.
  • Articles, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
  • Incense, 7 claims: 2 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
  • Plants, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
  • Rituals, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.

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54

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