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Ethnology of the Gros Ventre

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Author(s): Alfred L. Kroeber
Series: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS OF THE American Museum of Natural History; Vol. I, Part IV.
Publisher: Order of Trustees
Year: 1908

Language: English
Pages: 155
City: New York
Tags: Native Americans, ethnography

Introduction.145
TribalOrganization.145
Food and Hunting ........... i4g
Industries and Implements . . . . . . . . .150
Decorative Art ............ 151
SocialCustoms.180
Games.182
War.191
War-Experiences ofIndividuals.196
Black-Wolf’s Narrative .......... 197
Bull-Robe’sNarrative.204
Watehes-All’sNarrative.216
Personal SupernaturalPowers.221
Medicines and Plants .......... 224
Tribal CeremonialOrganization.227
Star and WarDances.234
TheFly-Dance.239
TheCrazy-Dance.241
The Kit-FoxDance. 250
The Dog-Dance ........... 252
The Nanannahanwa ........... 258
The Biitahanw” ........... 259
The Women’s Dance .......... 260
TheSun-Dance.261
Modern CeremonialObjects.268
Customs connected with Religion ........ 272
Beliefs about the Dead .......... 276
Mythological Beliefs .......... 278