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Oklahoma Delaware ceremonies, feasts and dances
Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society • Philadelphia • Published In 1937 • Pages: viii, 161
By: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is the result of some eight years' work among the Oklahoma Delaware and the Munsee residing in Ontario. Using the many historical documents relating to Delaware ceremonies in the past, the author tries to relate the ceremonies of today to those of the past, and tries to see how much the ceremonies have changed in the intervening two centuries. Speck covers family feasts, the Bear and Otter Rites of the Grease Drinking Ceremony, the Mask Dance Rite, the Buffalo Dance Ceremony, Rain Making Ritual, the Spring Prayer and Football Ceremony, the Corn Harvest Ceremony, Rite to Avert Thunder, Mortuary Rites and Procedures, and several other ceremonies. Some material pertaining to the culture of the Nanticoke Indians, mainly relating to witchcraft, is also included. At the time of publication, Speck was Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and a noted authority on the Algonquian Indians of the northeastern United States.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dance
- Literary texts
- Magical and mental therapy
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Magic
- Organized ceremonial
- Sexuality
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Delaware
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1928-1932
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1700-1932
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Oklahoma, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Frank G. Speck
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 54040017
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware Indians