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Self-torture in the Blood Indian Sun Dance
Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences • 38 • Published In 1948 • Pages: 166-173
By: Ewers, John C. (John Canfield).
Abstract
This article contains two first hand accounts of Blackfoot warrior self-torture. There is discussion of the combat circumstances which (generally) appear to have given rise to the warriors' vow to undergo this ordeal at a future public ceremony. Some attention is also given to the incidence of this practice among Blackfoot and non-Blackfoot, and to its presumed temporal limitations.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Government Official
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Jan Simpson ; 1983
- Field Date
- 1941-1944
- Coverage Date
- 1889
- Coverage Place
- Blood Reserve in southern Alberta, Canada
- Notes
- John C. Ewers
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173)
- LCCN
- 12002649
- LCSH
- Kainah Indians