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Individual motivation in the diffusion of the Wind River Shoshone Sundance to the Crow Indians
American anthropologist • 50 (4) • Published In 1948 • Pages: 634-646
By: Voget, Fred W..
Abstract
Motivations for participation in, and the diffusion of, the Sundance by four Crow and a Shoshone are discussed in this work. The Sundance is examined as a factor in nativistic thinking, and as an anxiety-reducing mechanism for the individual under the pressures for acculturation. Although there is some commentary on innovations, and their acceptance or rejection in regard to the personalities of the innovators, the article largely is largely concerned with the motivations of the individuals; there is almost no detail about the ceremony itself.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2014
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Genevieve A. Highland ; 1954
- Field Date
- 1941, 1946
- Coverage Date
- 1900-1946
- Coverage Place
- Crow Reservation, Montana, United States
- Notes
- Fred Voget
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 646)
- LCCN
- 17015424
- LCSH
- Crow Indians