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Paviotso shamanismarticle 1934 • Park, Willard Z. (Willard Zerbe), d. 1965
Northern Paiute • North America > Southwest and Basin
In this paper the author discusses shamanism as found among the Paviotso at the time of contact and at the ethnographic present (1933). The main topics discussed are the acquisition of spirit power, shamanistic curing, magical powers of shamans such ...Paviotso polyandryarticle 1937 • Park, Willard Z. (Willard Zerbe), d. 1965
Northern Paiute • North America > Southwest and Basin
This short paper is a reply to an earlier paper by Julian Steward who claimed that polyandry was absent among the Northern Paiute. The author of this paper, basing his information on field data gathered in northern Nevada, presents known case histori...Shamanism in western North Americabook chapter 1938 • Park, Willard Z. (Willard Zerbe), d. 1965
Northern Paiute • North America > Southwest and Basin
This source, written by a professional anthropologist, presents an exhaustive study of Paviotso Shamans and Shamanism, collected by the author during three summers of ethnographic field investigations in 1933-1935. The following aspects of Shamanism ...Tribes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia 1946 • Park, Willard Z. (Willard Zerbe), d. 1965
Kogi • South America > Northwestern South America
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