Includes bibliographical references and index.

The spiritual malaise in America : the confluence between religion, law, and community / with Vine Deloria, Jr. and Huston Smith -- Five hundred nations within one : the search for religious justice / with Walter Echo Hawk and Huston Smith -- Ecology and spirituality : following the path of natural law / with Winona LaDuke, and Huston Smith -- Sacred geography : the spiritual significance of holy lands with Charlotte Black Elk, and Huston Smith -- Native language, native spirituality : from crisis to challenge / with Douglas George, and Huston Smith -- The triumph of the Native American Church : protecting endangered ways / with Frank Dayish, Jr. and Huston Smith -- The call for prisoner's religious rights : the red road to rehabilitation / with Lenny Foster and Huston Smith -- Stealing our spirit : the threat of the human genome diversity project / with Huston Smith and Tanya Frichner -- Mount Graham : looking for the fingerprints of God with Anthony Guy Lopez (Lakota) and Huston Smith -- Redeeming the future : the two instructions of spiritual law with Oren Lyons and Huston Smith -- Living for seven generations : an interfaith future / with Vine Deloria, Jr. and Huston Smith.

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In this collection of illuminating conversations, renowned historian of world religions Huston Smith invites ten influential American Indian spiritual and political leaders to talk about their five-hundred-year struggle for religious freedom. Their intimate, impassioned dialogues yield profound insights into one of the most striking cases of tragic irony in history: the country that prides itself on religious freedom has resolutely denied those same rights to its own indigenous people. With remarkable erudition and curiosity--and respectfully framing his questions in light of the revelation th.