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Author:

Mails, Thomas E.

Title:

Dog soldiers, Bear men, and Buffalo women : a study of the societies and cults of the Plains Indians / written and illustrated by Thomas E. Mails.

Publisher:

Galahad Books,

Copyright Date:

197-, ©1973

Description:

384 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 32 cm

Subject:

Indians of North America--Great Plains--Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of North America--Great Plains--Secret societies.
Secret societies--Great Plains.
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies.
Secret societies.
Great Plains.

Notes:

Published in 1973 by Prentice-Hall. Includes bibliographical references (page 381) and index.

Contents:

Foreword -- Preface -- The origin of the societies and cults -- The nature of the warrior societies -- Society regalia -- The age-graded societies, the Blackfoots as example -- The Arikara -- The Hidatsa -- The Mandan -- The Arapaho -- The Gros Ventre -- The non-graded societies, the Sioux as example -- The Omaha -- The Crow -- The Ponca -- The Cheyenne -- The Assiniboine -- The other nations -- Dissolution and renewal -- Notes.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)5295551

Locations:

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)