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People of the Peyote
The first substantial study of a Mexican Indian society that more than any other has preserved much of its ancient way of life and religion.
Mariette
The Huguenot Mariette family, which came to London from the Orléans region of France, had an important impact on the Powell branch of my ancestors, through marriage, inheritance and business interests, so I feel justified in presenting their history, which is an interesting one in its own right, as a consequential aspect of my own heritage. An Appendix is included that tells the story of Major Charles Jones, a relation of the Mariettes, who was a key figure in the Sellis scandal, which rocked England in 1810. His evidence, which only came to light in 1970, implicates the Duke of Cumberland, an uncle of Queen Victoria, in the murder of his own valet, Joseph Sellis.
The Shaman’s Mirror
Huichol Indian yarn paintings are one of the world's great indigenous arts, sold around the world and advertised as authentic records of dreams and visions of the shamans. Using glowing colored yarns, the Huichol Indians of Mexico paint the mystical symbols of their culture—the hallucinogenic peyote cactus, the blue deer-spirit who appears to the shamans as they croon their songs around the fire in all-night ceremonies deep in the Sierra Madre mountains, and the pilgrimages to sacred sites, high in the central Mexican desert of Wirikuta. Hope MacLean provides the first comprehensive study of Huichol yarn paintings, from their origins as sacred offerings to their transformation into commerc...
The Lang, Meyer, Longtin, Gousset Lines
Emil Lang (1849-1906) married Caroline Meyer and they immigrated from Austria to Beatrice, Nebraska before 1877.
Ibss: Anthropology: 1999
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Land of Hope and Glory
As the story moves from New York to Florida, to Ohio, and to California, General Northway, following the death of his wife, marries her nurse Ida Bailey, a strong blunt woman who tries to keep the old chauvinist honest with her and with himself. Though he has no heirs of his own, he attempts to control the destinies of the rest of the Northway family, particularly his namesake.
