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Some magico-religious concepts of the Algonquians on the east coast of James Bayessay 1971 • Flannery, Regina
Innu • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This source compares some of the religious beliefs and practices of the bands of the East Coast of James Bay (i.e., Rupert House, Eastmain, and Fort George) with those of neighboring Cree and Naskapi. The author compares her own field data for the Ea...The position of woman among the Mescalero Apachearticle 1932 • Flannery, Regina
Mescalero Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
This brief source outlines Mescalero women's roles in a variety of spheres of activity. It touches on marriage and family, division of labor, puberty rites, mourning customs, leisure-time activities, and curing practices....The Gros Ventres of MontanaBook 1953 • Flannery, Regina
Gros Ventre • North America > Plains and Plateau
This study, dealing with the social aspects of Gros Ventre ethnography, is the result of fieldwork undertaken in 1940, 1945, and 1948 at the invitation of Dr. John M. Cooper, whose work on the religious and ritualistic aspects of Gros Ventre life app...Mens' and women's speech in Gros Ventrearticle 1946 • Flannery, Regina
Gros Ventre • North America > Plains and Plateau
In her ethnological investigations among the Gros Ventre at Fort Belknap Reservtion in Montana, Flannery noticed certain differences in the speech patterns used by men and women, particularly in regard to vocabulary and pronunciation. This article pr...Gros Ventreessay 2001 • Fowler, Loretta & Flannery, Regina
Gros Ventre • North America > Plains and Plateau
This article is a concise culture summary of Gros Ventre ethnology ranging from approximately the mid-eighteenth century to the late twentieth. Major topics discussed in this work deal with history, culture contacts, subsistence, clothing and adornme...The Gros Ventres of MontanaBook 1957 • Cooper, John M. (John Montgomery) & Flannery, Regina
Gros Ventre • North America > Plains and Plateau
This work is a posthumously published manuscript of Cooper's, based on original field notes, with some additions and minor editing by Regina Flannery. Various aspects of the religious system of the Gros Ventre are covered, beginning with a descriptio...