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The culture of the Ponca Indians is less well known than their misfortunes. A model of research and clarity, The Ponca Tribe is still the most complete account of these Indians who inhabited the upper central plains. Peaceably inclined and never numerous, they built earth-lodge villages, cultivated gardens, and hunted buffalo. James H. Howard considers their historic situation in present-day South Dakota and Nebraska, their trade with European...

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Excerpt from The Ponca TribeClustered around the square ground, mounds, and hothouse were the dwellings of the ordinary folk. These houses were generally rectangular in shape, with walls of wattle and daub construction and roofs of poles and thatch. The chiefs' houses and temples were simi lar but Often boasted elaborately carved interior timbers and roof combs. Around the town there was frequently a palisade of upright posts supported by eart...

James H. Howard (1925¿82) was a professor of anthropology at Oklahoma State University. His many publications include The Warrior Who Killed Custer: The Personal Narrative of Chief Joseph White Bull and Shawnee: The Ceremonialism of a Native American Tribe and Its Cultural Background.¿Raymond J. DeMallie is Chancellor¿s Professor of Anthropology and American Studies, codirector of the American Indian Studies Research Institute, and curator of ...

Oklahoma Seminoles is a much-needed ethnography of a native American population that has been frequently overlooked or underplayed in the anthropological literature. The main focus of the volume is on medicine and magic. However, Seminole history, ceremonialism, sports and games, religion, mortuary practices, folklore, and culture change are also treated....At this point the book represents the best general source of ethnographic information a...

-> Sister Act - Eine himmliche Karriere (USA 1992, 96 Min., FSK 06) Als die Barsängerin Deloris Zeugin wird, wie ihr Freund, der Mafiaboss Vince, einen Feind kaltblütig ermorden läßt, muß sie untertauchen. Der verantwortliche Polizist bringt sie an den Ort unter, wo man zuallerletzt nach ihr suchen würde: einem Konvent in San Francisco. Nur schwer gelingt es der genußsüchtigen Ulknudel, sich an das Askese-Leben der Nonnen zu gewöhnen. Doch al...

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Focusing on the American-Indian ethnography, this study provides an overview of Canadian Sioux - descendants of Santees, Yanktonais, and Tetons from the US who sought refuge in Canada during the 1860s and 1870s. It gives details on topics such as tribal divisions, warfare, their economy, social life, philosophy and religion, and ceremonialism.

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Excerpt from The Ponca TribeClustered around the square ground, mounds, and hothouse were the dwellings of the ordinary folk. These houses were generally rectangular in shape, with walls of wattle and daub construction and roofs of poles and thatch. The chiefs' houses and temples were simi lar but Often boasted elaborately carved interior timbers and roof combs. Around the town there was frequently a palisade of upright posts supported by eart...

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James H. Howard (1925¿82) is the author of The Canadian Sioux. Donald N. Brown was a professor of sociology at Oklahoma State University. ¿Judi M. gaiashkibos, an enrolled member of the Ponca tribe of Nebraska, is executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs and president of the Governor¿s Interstate Indian Council.¿¿

A comprehensive account of Shawnee culture, based on fieldwork among the present-day Shawnee as well as historic accounts, photographs, and paintings.