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Original program notes: Recasting History: Where Holiness Resides | Saturday, April 11 | 4PM | 1992 | Audio tape | 60 minutes Producer: Pat Ferrero Malcolm Margolin, Dr. Henri Mann, Frank LaPena & Reverend Michael Merriman In Native belief, the earth and everything on it are considered sentient. People are made of the same material, blessed with the same kind of spirit as are animals, plants, rivers, and mountains. For people who have lived on the same land for thousands of years, sacredness often resides in places in sacred springs, mountains, and large rocks. Those of western religious traditions seem heir to another kind of belief. Uprooted from place, the religions of the Judeo-Christian world emphasize dogma, the Word, faith and belief. Holiness often seems to reside less within the world than to be something that a deity has breathed into the world. Are these differences real, major, and irreconcilable, or are they merely surface distinctions, each reflecting the same underlying spirit? How are these differences manifested in the sense of place – is Mount Shasta different from Bethlehem or Mount Ararat? How are they manifested in regalia/vestments? In prayer and meditational thought? In song and dance? In sacraments and consecration? This panel joins experts and practitioners of Native religions with those of western religion to explore such questions. This talk is moderated by Malcolm Margolin who is author of numerous books included The Ohlone Way, publisher of Heyday Books and editor of News from Native California. Dr. Henri Mann, Cheyenne, is Director of the Religious Freedom Coalition Project of the Association of American Indian Affairs. Mann holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of New Mexico. Frank LaPena is an artist, ethnographic consultant, and a traditional singer and dancer of the Wintu Nomtipom tribe. His publications include “Wintu Ethnography” in the Handbook of North American Indians. He is Director of Native American Studies at Sacramento State University. Reverend Michael Merriman, formerly the chief liturgist for Grace Cathedral, is an Associate of North American Academy of Liturgy.
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