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Author Ridington, Robin.

Title Blessing for a long time : the sacred pole of the Omaha Tribe / Robin Ridington text, and Dennis Hastings (In'aska) illustrations and documentation.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1997]
©1997

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 259 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-247) and index.
Summary Robin Ridington and Dennis Hastings ingeniously adopt the conventions of Omaha oral narratives to tell the story and significance of the Sacred Pole. Portions of classic anthropological texts (particularly Fletcher and La Flesche's The Omaha Tribe), Omaha narratives, and other historical and contemporary accounts are repeated - each time in a different, more enlightening context - in a circle of stories seamlessly woven around Umon'hon'ti. The result is an innovative account that effortlessly glides between past and present. The distinct personality of Umon'hon'ti emerges and becomes the principal actor in the drama of its history and return. This unique blend of ethnography, ethnohistory, and Omaha poetics promises to make a significant contribution to our understanding of the religious life of Native Americans.
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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
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Subject Sacred Pole (Omaha rite)
Sacred Pole (Omaha rite)
Omaha Indians -- Religion.
Omaha Indians -- Religion.
Omaha Indians.
Omaha Indians -- History.
History.
Omaha Indians -- Material culture.
Material culture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Hastings, Dennis.
Other Form: Print version: Ridington, Robin. Blessing for a long time. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1997 0803239254 (DLC) 97006558 (OCoLC)36548839
ISBN 0585272727 (electronic book)
9780585272726 (electronic book)
0803239254 (cl ; alkaline paper)
9780803239258 (cl ; alkaline paper)
Sudoc No. U5001 T654 -1997