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Individual motivation in the diffusion of the Wind River Shoshone Sundance to the Crow Indiansarticle 1948 • Voget, Fred W.
Crow • North America > Plains and Plateau
Motivations for participation in, and the diffusion of, the Sundance by four Crow and a Shoshone are discussed in this work. The Sundance is examined as a factor in nativistic thinking, and as an anxiety-reducing mechanism for the individual under th...Crowessay 2001 • Voget, Fred W.
Crow • North America > Plains and Plateau
This article is a general description of Crow culture and society, drawn from early travelers' reports and first-hand ethnographic accounts....Sacred numerology and management of the universe by the Crow Indiansarticle 1995 • Voget, Fred W.
Crow • North America > Plains and Plateau
This article discusses the ways the Crow use sacred numerology to cope with uncertainty. They believe their world is energized by sacred powers, and being endowed with such powers by spirit beings allows individuals to influence the outcomes of natur...Adaptation and cultural persistence among the Crow Indians of Montanaessay 1980 • Voget, Fred W.
Crow • North America > Plains and Plateau
The author attributes Crow cultural persistence in the face of powerful assimilative pressures during the 20th century to the combined effects of five conditions: 1) possession of a homeland, lending a sense of identity as a people; 2) a local econom...The Crow Indian give-awayessay 1987 • Voget, Fred W.
Crow • North America > Plains and Plateau
This article focuses on the sociological functions of gift giving and ceremonial exchange among the Crow in the post-reservation period. It demonstrates how give-away practices became important tools of cultural adaptation and persistence by emphasiz...