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1st Bison books. |
| Description |
1 online resource (vii pages, 207 unnumbered pages) : illustrations |
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Medicine language |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published: Religious beliefs and medicinal practices of the Creek Indians : Washington, D.C. : U.S. Gov. Print. Off., 1928, in series: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Annual report ; 42d ; 1924/1925. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cosmos -- Supernatural beings -- Charms -- Fate of souls -- Miscellaneous beliefs -- Sacrifices -- Taboos -- Music and dancing -- Ceremonies -- Miscellaneous ceremonies -- Ceremony of the asi -- Minor ceremonies connected with the square grounds -- Great annual ceremony or busk -- Shamanism and medicine -- "Knowers" -- "Fasters" or doctors -- Methods of practicing -- Weather controllers -- Witcheraft -- Diseases and remedies -- Creek medicines -- Alabama medicines -- Natchez medicines -- Creek Busk: The Women's dance -- Creek Busk: Women's dance at the Okchai Busk in 1912 -- Okchai Busk. a. Box for tobacco, medicine, and drum in the Chiefs' Bed. b. Rite of the emetic -- Taking the emetic at Okchai -- Creek Busk. a and b. The Tcitahaia or "Feather dance." c. The Square Ground just after the fasters have left to bathe in a neighboring creek -- Creek and Natchez Indians. a. Drum. b. Ceremonial ground near Braggs, Okla., used by the Natchez, Creek, and Cherokee Indians. c. Home of the Kila or Prophet Yahola -- Arrangement of ears of corn on the fire sticks at the Chiaha busk. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Creek Indians -- Religion.
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Creek Indians -- Religion. |
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Creek Indians -- Medicine.
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Creek Indians. |
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Creek mythology.
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Creek mythology. |
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Creek dance.
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Creek dance. |
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Medicine, Traditional. |
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Indians, North American. |
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Mythology. |
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Religion. |
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Alabama. |
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Oklahoma. |
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Texas. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Religious beliefs and medicinal practices of the Creek Indians https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00085558
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958. Religious beliefs and medicinal practices of the Creek Indians. Creek religion and medicine. 1st Bison Books. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2000 0803292740 (DLC) 00021701 (OCoLC)43390792 |
| ISBN |
0585336768 (electronic book) |
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9780585336763 (electronic book) |
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0803292740 (paperback) |
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9780803292741 (paperback) |
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