ISBN: 0404119182

Description: viii, 1031 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

• Reprint of v. 11 of Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, published in 13 pts. from 1912 to 1916.
• Includes index.
• Bibliography: pages 987-992.

Contents:

• pt. 1. Wissler, C. Societies and ceremonial associations in the Oglala division of the Teton-Dakota.--pt. 2. Lowie, R. H. Dance associations of the eastern Dakota.--pt. 3. Lowie, R. H. Societies of the Crow, Hidatsa, and Mandan Indians.--pt. 4. Wissler, C. Societies and dance associations of the Blackfoot Indians.--pt. 5. Goddard, P. E. Dancing societies of the Sarsi Indians.--pt. 6. Skinner, A. Political organization, cults, and ceremonies of the Plains-Ojibway and Plains-Cree Indians.--pt. 7. Murie, J. R. Pawnee Indian societies.--pt. 8. Lowie, R. H. Societies of the Arikara Indians.--pt. 9. Skinner, A. Societies of the Iowa, Kansa, and Ponca Indians.--pt. 10. Lowie, R. H. Dances and societies of the Plains Shoshone.--pt. 11. Lowie, R. H. Societies of the Kiowa.--pt. 12. Wissler, C. General discussion of shamanistic and dancing societies.--pt. 13. Lowie, R. H. Plains Indian age-societies: historical and comparative summary.

LCCN: 74009027

Control Number: 190574

Series:

• Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History
• Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 11.

Subjects:

• Indigenous dance -- Great Plains.
• Indigenous peoples -- Rites and ceremonies -- Great Plains.