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Pawnee Indian societiesBook 1914 • Murie, James R.
Pawnee • North America > Plains and Plateau
Murie, a Skidi Pawnee, prepared this discussion of Pawnee societies under the direction of Clark Wissler. Murie collected and wrote down whatever information he could gather on a number of topics. After preliminary discussion of Pawnee social and cer...Ceremonies of the PawneeBook 1989 • Murie, James R. & Parks, Douglas R.
Pawnee • North America > Plains and Plateau
'Ceremonies of the Pawnee' by James R. Murie (or Coming Sun -- his native American name), presents a significant contribution to the study of Pawnee ethnology in its highly detailed description of nineteenth to early twentieth century ceremonialism. ...Notes on Skidi Pawnee societyBook 1940 • Dorsey, George Amos et al.
Pawnee • North America > Plains and Plateau
This monograph was compiled by Alexander Spoehr from field notes left unpublished at the death of the authors. Dorsey was an ethnologist and Murie was a Pawnee. The monograph deals with community organization, kinship and status, the life cycle, and ...The HakoBook 1904 • Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham) et al.
Pawnee • North America > Plains and Plateau
This account describes the rituals and songs connected with the Hako ceremony. The participants, costumes, paraphernalia, dances and rites are described in detail and the symbolism and meaning of each ritual is discussed. In addition the texts and mu...