essay

The Beaver dance and adoption ceremony of the Crow Indians

lifeways of intermontane and plains montana indians (1) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 43-56

By: Big Man, Max, Donaldson, Jessie Louise, Heidenreich, C. Adrian.

Abstract
This article is a thorough, detailed account of the Beaver Dance and related ceremonies observed by the author, a Crow chief, in 1926.
Subjects
Organized ceremonial
Friendships
Games
Community heads
Community structure
Prayers and sacrifices
Dance
Music
Spectacles
Revelation and divination
Sacred objects and places
Magical and mental therapy
Acculturation and culture contact
culture
Crow
HRAF PubDate
2014
Region
North America
Sub Region
Plains and Plateau
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Types
Indigenous Person
Chief
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi A. Adem; 2012
Field Date
1926-1927
Coverage Date
1884-1926
Coverage Place
south-central Montana, United States
Notes
Max Big Man ; with an Introduction by Jesse Schultz Graham and Notes by C. Adrian Heidenreich
Includes bibliographical references
LCSH
Crow Indians