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The Giveaway ceremony of Blackfoot and Plains Creearticle 1980 • Kehoe, Alice Beck
Blackfoot • North America > Plains and Plateau
This paper describes in detail the content of contemporary Indian 'giveaway' ceremonies, at which the status and achievements of various sorts of persons are publicly recognized. Kehoe argues that while current giveaways have their origin in an earli...Blackfoot personsessay 1995 • Kehoe, Alice Beck
Blackfoot • North America > Plains and Plateau
This article investigates the differing economic and religious roles of men and women in Blackfoot society. Given particular emphasis in this work is the woman's role of NINAUPOSKITZIPXPE (manly-hearted woman) as a representative of wealth and power ...