literatures, religions, and arts of the himalayan region
Michael Sunderland
Red Cloud High School
Nature and Spirituality in the Himalayas: A Comparative Approach
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Nature and Spirituality
pineridgeMy name is Michael Sunderland and I currently teach at Red Cloud High School on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. One of my main academic interests is the intersection of nature and spirituality. This website explores this theme in the Himalayas through an interdisciplinary and comparative approach.

medicine wheelHimalayan and Lakota Culture

There are numerous striking parallels between the peoples of the Himalaya and the Lakota Native Americans: cultural, spiritual, and historical,

naturelitNature Literature

Using Himalayan literature as a starting point, I look at literature that examines the connection between nature and spirituality (The Snow Leopard, Black Elk Speaks, Romantic poetry, Transcendentalists, etc.)

earthComparative Mythology

Here are a variety of cross-cultural myths, folktales, and stories that present a colorful picture of a dynamic, animate world.

 

 

 

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This site was created by Michael Sunderland at the NEH Summer Institute "Literatures, Religions, and Arts of the Himalayan Region," held at the College of the Holy Cross, Summer 2008.