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The bison drive of the Blackfeet Indiansessay 1978 • Schaeffer, Claude E.
Blackfoot • North America > Plains and Plateau
This article presents information on the Blackfoot hunting method of the bison drive, as reconstructed from interviews with elderly informants, comparative, historical, and archaeological rese...Bear ceremonialism of the Kutenai IndiansBook 1966 • Schaeffer, Claude E.
Kutenai • North America > Plains and Plateau
This document discusses the role bears play in Kutenai subsistence, religion, and ceremonialism. Topics include bear lore, bear hunts, and elaborate rites concerning bears that include special...Early Christian mission of the Kutenai Indiansarticle 1971 • Schaeffer, Claude E.
Kutenai • North America > Plains and Plateau
This document provides an historical account of Kutenai encounters with missionaries, of experiences with mission schools, and of the influence of Christianity on Kutenai religious beliefs and...Plains Kutenaiarticle 1982 • Schaeffer, Claude E.
Kutenai • North America > Plains and Plateau
This document summarizes the history of a subgroup of Kutenai on the Northern Plains, focusing on interactions with other tribes and with Europeans. There is strong evidence that it was not in...The Kutenai female berdachearticle 1965 • Schaeffer, Claude E.
Kutenai • North America > Plains and Plateau
This article focuses on the Kutenai "man-woman" commonly called a berdache. From the accounts of several travelers and traders the author reconstructs the life history of a transvestite who ga...