Title Kiowa belief and ritual / Benjamin R. Kracht

Published Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, Bloomington, in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource Series Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians series Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Kiowa Indians -- Religion Kiowa Indians -- Rites and ceremonies HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. Kiowa Indians -- Religion Kiowa Indians -- Rites and ceremonies Genre/Form Ethnography Form Electronic book Author Indiana University, Bloomington. American Indian Studies Research Institute, issuing body. LC no. 2016040279 ISBN 9781496201461 1496201469 1496200535 9781496200532

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