The appropriation of Native American spirituality

"Native Americans and Canadians are largely romanticised or sidelined figures in modern society. Their spirituality has been appropriated on a relatively large scale by Europeans and non-Native Americans, with little concern for the diversity of Native American opinions. Suzanne Owens offers an insight into appropriation that will bring a new understanding and perspective to these debates. This volume collects together these key debates from the last few decades and sets them in context, analyses Native American objections to appropriations of their spirituality and examines 'New Age' practices based on Native American spirituality."--Jacket.