| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians series
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Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Ethnographic studies of Plains Indian religions -- Kiowa history: 1832-1868 -- Kiowa beliefs and concepts of the universe -- Acquiring, maintaining, and manifesting power -- Bundles, shields, and societies -- The Kiowa Sun Dance -- Conclusion: the collapse of the horse and buffalo culture and the Sun Dance -- Appendix: Kiowa Sun Dance chronology, 1833-1890. |
| Summary |
"Brings together materials gleaned from the Laboratory of Anthropology (Santa Fe) fieldnotes, augmented by Alice Marriott's fieldnotes, to significantly enhance the existing literature concerning Plains Indians religions."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kiowa Indians -- Religion.
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Kiowa Indians -- Religion. |
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Kiowa Indians. |
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Kiowa Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Kiowa Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. |
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Indiana University, Bloomington. American Indian Studies Research Institute, issuing body.
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Indiana University, Bloomington. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kracht, Benjamin R., 1955- author. Kiowa belief and ritual Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, Bloomington, in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, [2017] 9781496200532 (DLC) 2016039778 |
| ISBN |
9781496201461 (pdf) |
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1496201469 (pdf) |
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9781496200532 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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1496200535 |
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9781496200532 |
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