ACLS Humanities E-Book: Mandan social and ceremonial organization

Mandan social and ceremonial organization

Bowers, Alfred W.

Year: c1950.

Publisher: University of Chicago Press.

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Frontmatter

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

HISTORIC BACKGROUND

PART I

I. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

II. THE KINSHIP SYSTEM

III. THE MANDAN LIFE-CYCLE

PART II

INTRODUCTION TO MANDAN CEREMONIALISM

IV. THE OKIPA CEREMONY

V. PERSONAL BUNDLES AND VISION EXPERIENCES

VI. THE CORN CEREMONIES

VII. EAGLE-TRAPPING CEREMONY

VIII. CATFISH-TRAPPING CEREMONY

IX. BIG BIRD CEREMONY

X. THE SMALL HAWK CEREMONY

XI. THE SNOW OWL CEREMONY

XII. PEOPLE ABOVE CEREMONY

XIII. THE SHELL ROBE BUNDLE

XIV. RED STICK CEREMONY

XV. THE WHITE BUFFALO COW SOCIETY

XVI. ADOPTION PIPE CEREMONY

SUMMARY

XVII. SUMMARY

APPENDIXES

I. MYTHS OF THE OKIPA CEREMONY

II. NUPTADI SHELL ROBE BUNDLE MYTH RELATED BY BEN BENSON

III. AWATIXA SHELL ROBE BUNDLE MYTH RELATED BY BEARS ARM

IV. ADDITIONAL NOTES ON EAGLE-TRAPPING

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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Title:

Mandan social and ceremonial organization : by Alfred W. Bowers.

Author:

Bowers, Alfred W

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Mandan social and ceremonial organization : by Alfred W. Bowers.
Bowers, Alfred W
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1950.

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Subject Headings:

• Mandan Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
• Mandan Indians -- Religion
• Mandan Indians -- Social life and customs

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