Book
The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians
The Trustees • 16 (3) • Published In 1918 • Pages: i, 223-270
By: Wissler, Clark.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed account of the Piegan Sun Dance that the author saw performed twice during his stay among the Blackfoot from 1902 to about 1911. Wissler's exact observations on this ceremonial are further supplemented by data provided by native informants. In this work various elements of the Sun Dance are discussed at great length, such as the preliminary preparations for the ceremony, a daily account of events taking place during the first eight days, the vow (to perform the ceremony), the ceremony of the tongues, and the medicine woman, (one of the key participants in the Sun Dance). The monograph concludes with a brief discussion of some mythological notes relevant to the ritual, and the degree to which the Blood and North Blackfoot participate.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- Priesthood
- Mythology
- Asceticism
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Outbuildings
- Religious and educational structures
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Blackfoot
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1982
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1902- ca.1911
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Montana, United States; Alberta, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Clark Wissler
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 19010681
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Siksika Indians