A SEAT AT THE TABLE: Huston Smith In Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom

"A valuable and insightful book about a too long overlooked topic - the right of Native American people to have their sacred sites and practices honored and protected. Let's hope it gets read far and wide, enough to bring about a real shift in policy and consciousness."--Bonnie Raitt

"Phil Cousineau has created a fine companion book to accompany the important film he and Gary Rhine have made in defense of the religious traditions of Native Americans. [Native Americans] are recognized the world over as keepers of a vital piece of the Creator's original orders, and yet they are regarded as little more than squatters at home. This book features impressive interviews, beautiful illustrations, and gives a voice to the voiceless."--Peter Coyote
(Hardcover, University of California Press, November 2005)

Since 1992, Phil Cousineau and Huston Smith have collaborated on two books and several documentary film projects.

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Books by Phil Cousineau

Nonfiction
WORDCATCHER: An Odyssey Into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words
Phil Cousineau grew up in a family where they took the dictionary with them on vacations. In WORDCATCHER, Cousineau writes about these family origins of his love of words, and describes 250 of his favorite words and the fascinating stories behind them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE OLDEST STORY IN THE WORLD
This book is a brooding, daring, exploration of the secret strength of storytelling, in which Phil Cousineau addresses the central theme which runs through all of his work, the transportive power of words. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES: 9 Ways to Rekindle Passion and Imagination
Cousineau writes, "Creativity is as natural as breathing. To create is to grow, which in turn makes us feel vitally alive." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
Huston Smith In Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE OLYMPIC ODYSSEY
Rekindling the True Spirit of the Great Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE WAY THINGS ARE
Conversations with Huston Smith on the Spiritual Life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE HERO'S JOURNEY
Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ONCE AND FUTURE MYTHS
The Power of Ancient Stories in Modern Times ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SOUL: An Archaeology
Readings from Socrates to Ray Charles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE BOOK OF ROADS
Travel Stories ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COINCIDENCE OR DESTINY?
Stories of Synchronicity That Illuminate Our Lives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE SOUL OF THE WORLD
A Modern Book of Hours ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Poetry
NIGHT TRAIN
Poems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE BLUE MUSEUM
Poems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DEADLINES
A Rhapsody on a Theme of Famous and Infamous Last Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FUNGOES AND FASTBALLS
Basball Haiku ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~