Kiowa Belief and Ritual /

Show other versions (2)

"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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kracht, Benjamin R., 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, Bloomington, in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kiowa Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Kiowa Indians > Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Kiowa (Indiens) > Rites et ceremonies.
Kiowa (Indiens) > Religion.
Indiana University, Bloomington. > American Indian Studies Research Institute, > issuing body.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

Similar Items