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Social dances of the Blood Indians of Alberta, Canada
Journal of American folk-lore • 69 • Published In 1956 • Pages: 47-52
By: Dempsey, Hugh Aylmer.
Abstract
This article is concerned with social dancing and singing ceremonies ca. 1950 among the Blackfoot. They were considered as expressions of rivalries between age-group societies, and as exemplifying 'the new and the old in the gradual assimilation of the Plains Indian into modern society'.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- M. A. Marcus ; David Sherwood ; 1983
- Field Date
- 1952
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Blood Reserve, Alberta, Canada
- Notes
- by Hugh A. Dempsey
- LCCN
- 17028737
- LCSH
- Kainah Indians