Beschreibung:
Benjamin Kracht’s Kiowa Belief and Ritual, a collection of materials gleaned from Santa Fe Laboratory of Anthropology field notes and augmented by Alice Marriott’s field notes, significantly enhances the existing literature concerning Plains religions.
List of Illustrations Kiowa Pronunciations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Ethnographic Studies of Plains Indian Religions 1. Kiowa History, 1832–1868 2. Kiowa Beliefs and Concepts of the Universe 3. Acquiring, Maintaining, and Manifesting Power 4. Bundles, Shields, and Societies 5. The Kiowa Sun Dance Conclusion: The Collapse of the Horse and Buffalo Culture and the Sun Dance Appendix: Kiowa Sun Dance Chronology, 1833–1890 Notes Bibliography Index