Tobacco Use by Native North Americans: Sacred Smoke and Silent Killervolume 236 Hardcover - 2001
by Joseph C. Winter
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Now known and used daily by hundreds of millions of people throughout the world, tobacco was first introduced to Europeans shortly after Christopher Columbus's momentous landfall on October 12, 1492.
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Recently identified as a killer, tobacco has been the focus of health warnings, lawsuits, and political controversy. Yet many Native Americans continue to view tobacco -- when used properly -- as a life-affirming and sacramental substance that plays a significant role in Native creation myths and religious ceremonies.
This definitive work presents the origins, history, and contemporary use (and misuse) of tobacco by Native Americans. It describes wild and domesticated tobacco species and how their cultivation and use may have led to the domestication of corn, potatoes, beans, and other food plants. It also analyzes many North American Indian practices and beliefs, including the concept that tobacco is so powerful and sacred that the spirits themselves are addicted to it. The book presents medical data revealing the increasing rates of commercial tobacco use by Native youth and the rising rates of death among Native American elders from lung cancer, heart disease, and other tobacco-related illnesses. Finally, this volume argues for the preservation of traditional tobacco use in a limited, sacramental manner while criticizing the use of commercial tobacco.
Contributors are: Mary J. Adair, Karen R. Adams, Carol B. Brandt, Linda Scott Cummings, Glenna Dean, Patricia Diaz-Romo, Jannifer W. Gish, Julia E. Hammett, Robert F. Hill, Richard G. Holloway, Christina M. Pego, Samuel Salinas Alvarez, Lawrence A. Shorty, Glenn W. Solomon, Mollie Toll, Suzanne E. Victoria, Alexander von Gernet, and Gail E. Wagner.Details
- Title Tobacco Use by Native North Americans: Sacred Smoke and Silent Killervolume 236
- Author Joseph C. Winter
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 476
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
- Date 2001-01-15
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780806132624 / 0806132620
- Weight 2.29 lbs (1.04 kg)
- Dimensions 10 x 7 x 1.06 in (25.40 x 17.78 x 2.69 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Native American
- Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America - Religion, Indians of North America - Health and hygiene
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99087201
- Dewey Decimal Code 362.296
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- Choice, 10/01/2001, Page 352
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