Book
The dream dance of the Chippewa and Menominee Indians of northern Wisconsin
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee • 1 • Published In 1911 • Pages: 251-406 , plates
By: Barrett, S. A. (Samuel Alfred).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This description of the Dream Dance ceremonial of the Chippewa and Menominee Indians is based upon participation in the ceremony itself as well as interviews with leading figures in the community. The various objects sacred to the ceremonial, the participants and their attitudes, accompanying music and dancing, as well as the succession of rites during each of the nine days of the ceremony are described in detail. The role of tobacco in propitiating spirits, related customs and the preparation of smoking materials and equipment are covered separately. The Chippewa Dream Dance religion is compared with, and in part derived from, the more widespread Ghost Dance cult.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Music
- Dance
- Spirits and gods
- Theological systems
- Ritual
- Organized ceremonial
- Prayers and sacrifices
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ojibwa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- B. P. Emerson
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1910
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1910 (July-Sept.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Wisconsin, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By S. A. Barrett
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 16002293
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ojibwa Indians