A Stranger at Home

and friendship

From the Deep Woods to Civilization (1916)

James Luna (Luiseño)

Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming elders A Stranger at HomeThe indigenous imperative to honor nature is undermined by federal laws approving resource extraction through mining and drilling. Formal protections exist for Native American religious expression, but not for the places and natural resources integral to ceremonies. Under what conditions can traditional beliefs be best practiced? Recovering the Sacred features a wealth of native research and hundreds of interviews with indigenous scholars and