Sociology of Death and the American Indian

Gerry R. Cox

doi:10.5771/9781666908510

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Sociology of Death and the American Indian examines dying, death, disposal, and bereavement practices and applies those concepts to selectAmerican Indian tribes historically and currently, supplemented with oral histories. The focus is that learning about other cultures can enhance the understanding of one’s own culture by comparing traditional and modern societies. Gerry R. Cox addresses the centuries of injustices committed against American Indians that led to a neglect of learning about American Indian cultures and attempts to fill the gaps in knowledge of American Indian practices.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0850-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0851-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 378
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Preface No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
1. Sociology of Death and the American Indian No access
2. Power No access
3. Proper Words No access
4. Peopling of the Americas No access
5. Creation Stories No access
6. Contact with Europeans No access
7. What the Europeans Found in the Americas No access
8. Diversity of the Americas No access
9. Impact of the EUROPEANS’ Arrival No access
10. Conflicting Values No access
11. Compassion and Loss No access
12. Conclusions No access
1. 1. What Sociology Has to Offer No access
  2. Attitudes toward Dying and Death No access
  3. Developing Healthy Attitudes toward Dying and Death No access
  4. Conclusions No access
2. 1. The Lesson of Death No access
  2. Facing One’s Own Death No access
  3. Sociological Concepts in Dying and Death No access
  4. Cultural Difference No access
  5. Becoming Culturally Aware No access
  6. Conclusions No access
3. 1. Sociology and Social Life No access
  2. Social Life and Social Relationships No access
  3. Influence of Social Groups No access
  4. Influence of Culture No access
  5. Sociological Concepts No access
  6. Cultural Change No access
  7. Conclusions No access
4. 1. Disposal Methods of American Indians No access
  2. Analysis of Disposal Practices, Ceremonies, and Rituals No access
  3. Mission Indians and Non-Mission Indians No access
  4. Conclusions No access
5. 1. People-Oriented Culture No access
  2. Impact of Dominant Culture No access
  3. Sports, Arts, and Creativity of Indian Cultures No access
  4. The Role of Rituals No access
  5. Impact of Cultural Differences No access
  6. Conclusions No access
6. 1. Revision of American Indian History No access
  2. American Indian History Interpreted No access
  3. Cultural Genocide No access
  4. Impact of European Invasion No access
  5. Indian Country Today No access
  6. Hope for the Future No access
  7. Contributions of American Indians No access
  8. Problems Facing Native Americans/American Indians Today No access
  9. Impact of Cultural Denigration on Disposal and Rituals No access
  10. Conclusions No access
7. 1. Traditional Values No access
  2. Health Traditions No access
  3. Culture and Health No access
  4. Conclusions No access
1. 1. Elements of Religion No access
  2. The Role of Spirituality No access
  3. Conclusions No access
2. 1. Spiritual Practices No access
  2. Acceptance of Spiritual Practices of Others No access
  3. Denigration of American Indian Culture No access
  4. Who Are the American Indians? No access
  5. Sacred Stories No access
  6. The Hopi Way No access
  7. The Lakota Way No access
  8. Conclusions No access
3. 1. Spirituality No access
  2. Life Views and Ways No access
  3. Spiritual Life and Loss No access
  4. Living the Spiritual Life No access
  5. The Spiritual Path No access
  6. Spirituality and the Afterlife No access
4. 1. Social Changes with Aging No access
  2. American Indian Spirituality and Aging No access
  3. Sharing No access
  4. Learning from the Community No access
  5. Living with the Death No access
  6. The Trickster No access
  7. Role of Elders in the Family No access
  8. Role of the Elders No access
  9. What the American Indian Can Teach about Being Old No access
  10. Tradition and Loss No access
  11. Consequences of Assimilation No access
  12. Relationships with the Dead No access
  13. Conclusions No access
5. 1. North American Indian Care of the Dying and Grieving No access
  2. Sociology of American Indian Bonding with the Dying and Dead No access
  3. Path to Mutual Understanding No access
  4. Grief and the American Indian No access
  5. Bonding with the Spirits No access
  6. Journeys in the Afterlife No access
  7. Caregivers and Culture No access
  8. Cultural Values and Caregiving No access
  9. Tribal Practices in Dying No access
  10. Conclusions No access
1. 1. Who Were the Anasazi? No access
  2. Chaco Canyon No access
  3. Anasazi Way of Life No access
  4. Contributions of the Anasazi No access
  5. Mysteries of the Anasazi No access
  6. Burial Practices of the Anasazi No access
  7. Conclusions No access
2. 1. Aztec Culture and Way of Life No access
  2. Aztec Empire No access
  3. Aztec Death and Afterlife Beliefs No access
  4. Conclusions No access
3. 1. Origins of the Maya Culture No access
  2. Beliefs about Death and the Afterlife No access
  3. Methods of Disposal No access
  4. Conclusions No access
4. 1. Mounds Builders Society No access
  2. Conclusions No access
5. 1. Values and Culture of the Navajo No access
  2. Cultural Beliefs of the Navajo No access
  3. Death and Burial Practices No access
  4. Conclusions No access
6. 1. Who Are the Apache? No access
  2. Inde Culture and Way of Life No access
  3. Facing Illness and Death as an Apache No access
  4. Tohono O’odham No access
  5. The Tohono O’odham Lifeways No access
7. 1. The Hopi No access
  2. Hopi Beliefs and Practices No access
  3. Dying and Death in the Hopi Community No access
  4. Hopi Spiritual Life No access
  5. The Hopi Today No access
  6. Conclusions No access
8. 1. Who Are the Lakota? No access
  2. Facing Dying No access
  3. Lakota Spirituality and Death No access
  4. Death and Burial Practices No access
  5. The Blackfeet No access
  6. Blackfeet Lifeways No access
9. 1. The Cheyenne Origins No access
  2. Cheyenne Belief Systems No access
  3. Cheyenne Burial Practices No access
  4. The Shawnee No access
  5. Shawnee Lifeways No access
  6. Burial Practices of the Shawnee No access
  7. The Potawatomi No access
10. 1. Chippewa Culture No access
  2. Chippewa Relationships No access
  3. Bereavement and Burial Practices No access
  4. The Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe No access
1. 1. The Role of Aging and American Indian Spirituality No access
  2. Death and the American Indian No access
  3. American Indian Culture No access
  4. Working with Dying or Grieving American Indians No access
  5. Importance of Elders No access
  6. Grieving Ceremonies No access
  7. American Indian Care of the Dying and Grieving No access
  8. Implications for End-of-Life Care No access
  9. Death, Dying, and Hospice in Native American Communities No access
  10. Conclusions No access
2. 1. Sociological Theory and Culture No access
  2. American Indian Beliefs and Traditions No access
  3. Historical Development and Decline of Tradition No access
  4. Impact of Christianity No access
  5. Burial and Bereavement Practices No access
  6. Cremation No access
  7. Changes in Practices No access
  8. How Sociology Helps Understanding the American Indian No access
  9. Final Thoughts No access
References No access Pages 351 - 364
Index No access Pages 365 - 376
About the Author No access Pages 377 - 378