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Indigenous Studies and “the Sacred”

Indigenous Studies and “the Sacred” Mary L. Keller I don’t want to call it a sacred site because your idea of some- thing sacred and my idea of something sacred are a little bit diff erent. Grant Bulltail, 2003 Th is study of the sacred as a categorical tripping point at the intersec- tion of Indigenous studies and the history of religions begins with the words of Grant Bulltail, an Apsáalooke (Crow) elder, recorded on video when he traveled from his home on the Crow Reservation in Montana to speak to schoolchildren in Cody, Wyoming, about an extraordinary landmark, Heart Mountain. In the quotation above, Mr. Bulltail was ad- dressing the categorical problem that exists when he discusses the sa- cred with people from the dominant Anglo- Christian culture. He has to set the stage that there are two diff erent worlds of meaning with re- gard to “the sacred” before he can discuss what Heart Mountain means to him. His words and that mountain are the ground upon which the following questions stand: Is sacred a category that merits continued development in the service of Indigenous studies? Is it best avoided as the appendix on a body of passé, Eurocentric, dualistic thought? Will http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Indian Quarterly University of Nebraska Press

Indigenous Studies and “the Sacred”

Keller, Mary L.
The American Indian Quarterly , Volume 38 (1) – Dec 20, 2013
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Mary L. Keller I don’t want to call it a sacred site because your idea of some- thing sacred and my idea of something sacred are a little bit diff erent. Grant Bulltail, 2003 Th is study of the sacred as a categorical tripping point at the intersec- tion of Indigenous studies and the history of religions begins with the words of Grant Bulltail, an Apsáalooke (Crow) elder, recorded on video when he traveled from his home on the Crow Reservation in Montana to speak to schoolchildren in Cody, Wyoming, about an extraordinary landmark, Heart Mountain. In the quotation above, Mr. Bulltail was ad- dressing the categorical problem that exists when he discusses the sa- cred with people from the dominant Anglo- Christian culture. He has to set the stage that there are two diff erent worlds of meaning with re- gard to “the sacred” before he can discuss what Heart Mountain means to him. His words and that mountain are the ground upon which the following questions stand: Is sacred a category that merits continued development in the service of Indigenous studies? Is it best avoided as the appendix on a body of passé, Eurocentric, dualistic thought? Will

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The American Indian Quarterly – University of Nebraska Press

Published: Dec 20, 2013

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