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A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefsBook 1942 • Tantaquidgeon, Gladys & Pennsylvania Historical Commission
Delaware • North America > Eastern Woodlands
On the basis both of material gathered in the field and extracted from the literature, the author, a professional ethnologist, gives a detailed description of Delaware medical practices. In ad...A study of the Delaware Indian Big House CeremonyBook 1931 • Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith) et al.
Delaware • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This source presents an intensive study of the Big House Ceremony, one of the Paramount ceremonies of the Delaware Indians for the fulfillment of obligations to the host of spiritual beings co...