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Sam Gill - An Author Evaluation

In Native American Religions: An Introduction, Sam Gill makes several contributions that are integral to the study of Native American religions. Gill gives non-Native Americans a humanistic approach to understanding Native American religions by considering their respective cosmologies. Gill identifies the problematic use of the term “religion” to describe characteristics of Native American life. He distinguishes the elements of the progressive Native American culture. He recognizes the existence of non-literacy in Native American culture and how it affects the study of Native American religion. Finally, Sam Gill provides a humanistic explanation of symbols and their purpose in Native American religions.
The first contribution that Sam Gill makes to the study of Native American religions is giving non-Native American people an approach to understanding Native American religions by considering their respective cosmologies. Gill explains that the study of Native Americans has ac...

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