The Renaissance of Shamanic Dance in Indian Populations of North America

• Published in: Diogenes
• Main Author: Jilek, Wolfgang G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
• Subjects: Pacific; Indian; Mooney; Bering Land Bridge; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/039219219204015808; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/039219219204015808; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S039219210031358X

Consecutive waves of paleolithic migrants crossing the Bering land bridge from Siberia to North America between 80,000 and 7,000 b.c. brought with them the shamanic way of harnessing supernatural powers. This way prevailed until the White intrusion 400 years ago, into the living space of the aborigi...