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Bible and Distant Time, The

• 1987 ----- color ----- 27 min ----- vhs
• (Make Prayers to the Raven series, Part 2) Raven first created a perfect world but, because he is a trickster, he recreated the world and made it imperfect. Traditional beliefs of the Koyukon combined with Christian beliefs when their village was visited by a priest in 1950. They found that many of the stories were similar to their own even though no members of the tribe had ever seen a Bible. A woman describes the beliefs her grandparents instilled in her and how they were later combined with Christianity. The Koyukon beliefs concerning death are shown as a funeral ceremony is held.
• Topics: (American Indian Studies, Family Life, Religions)

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