essay
The Hidatsa sun dance
sun dance of the plains indians • 16 • Published In 1921 • Pages: 411-431
By: Lowie, Robert Harry.
Abstract
The author examines changes and continuities in the Sun Dance ceremony—last performed about 1880—by contrasting recollections from elderly Hidatsa with written eyewitness accounts. Also, comparisons are made to the Sun Dance of the Crow people.
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2013
- Field Date
- 1920
- Coverage Date
- 1805-1880
- Coverage Place
- eastern Mercer and western McLean counties, North Dakota, United States
- Notes
- By Robert H. Lowie
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 17028722
- LCSH
- Hidatsa Indians