Table of Contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Style, and Sources, and Methods-Oh, My!

Chapter 1. "Grandfather God" and the Missionaries: "Totally Good for Nothing"
Chapter 2. The Twinned Cosmos of Serpents and Thunderbirds
Chapter 3. Sweats of the Living and the Dead
Chapter 4. Visions and Dreams
Chapter 5. Giants and Dwarfs
Chapter 6. Afterlife, Resuscitation, and Reincarnation
Chapter 7. The Harmony Way

Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Barbara Alice Mann is an Associate Professor in the Jesup Scott Honors College at the University of Toledo, in Toledo, Ohio, USA. She has published widely in the areas of Native American history, women's studies, and literature. She lives and works in the Land of the Three Miamis.

Reviews

"This latest work by Mann is a dense, in-depth look into different tribal beliefs and traditions that even some Natives may not know, especially intertribally, all strategically laced with a biting wit to drive home memorable points and object lessons. ... [the book] is very thought- provoking, so much so that at times one must stop to really consider what is being said. One must take time to stop and contemplate in this written form the enormity of the crimes
against Native cultures and peoples." -- Red Haircrow , Native American and Indigenous Studies
"Spirits of Blood, Spirits of Breath is a powerful testament to critical thinking focusing on the philosophical contrasts between Christian-Western and Turtle Island worldviews...Mann's Spirits of Blood, Spirits of Breath is an important contribution to the study of Native American lifeways."--Reading Religion
"'Authentic' has been a much-abused word in the world of Native American spirituality, populated by ersatz dream catchers, 'great spirits,' and plastic medicine men. Into this muddle, Barbara Mann in Spirits of Blood, Spirits of Breath offers a clear, lively analysis of Native American spirituality's roots that will open your eyes. Her command of the subject matter sparkles with insight. Native American history and philosophy badly needs this ground-breaking
book, now." --Bruce E. Johansen, Jacob J. Isaacson Professor, University of Nebraska at Omaha