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Eloh, a Cherokee word, is usually translated by anthropologists as "religion," but it also simultaneously encompasses history, culture, knowledge, law, and land. In this provocative work, Jace Weaver interlaces these seemingly disparate meanings to form a coherent approach to Native American Studies.

In nineteen interrelated chapters, Weaver presents a range of experiences shared by native peoples in the Americas, from the distant past to the uncertain future. He examines Indian creative output, from oral tradition to the postmodern wordplay of Gerald Vizenor, and brings to light...

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The author of numerous plays and film scripts, including" Green Grow the Lilacs," later made into the hit musical "Oklahoma ," Lynn Riggs (18991954) is recognized as one of America s most engaging dramatists and was the only active American Indian dramatist during the first half of the twentieth century. An elegant leatherbound collector s edition, "The Cherokee Night and Other Plays," features his never-before-published play "Out of Dust," as well as "The Cherokee Night" and "Green Grow the Lilacs."

A mixed-blood Cherokee, Riggs wrote...