The social life of the Blackfoot Indians
Book 1911 Wissler, Clark

BlackfootNorth America > Plains and Plateau
This monograph, written as an integral part of an ethnographic survey in the Missouri-Saskatchewan area, presents a detailed description of the societal divisions and social relationships of the Blackfoot Indians, prior to and subsequent to reservati...

Ceremonial bundles of the Blackfoot Indians
Book 1912 Wissler, Clark

BlackfootNorth America > Plains and Plateau
This monograph, based upon data collected by Wissler, augmented by interviews and narrative texts recorded by his native field assistant and interpreter, is an extremely detailed description of the Blackfoot medicine bundles and the associated ceremo...

Material culture of the Blackfoot Indians
Book 1910 Wissler, Clark

BlackfootNorth America > Plains and Plateau
This monograph presents a descriptive survey of the material culture of the Blackfoot, comparing the Peigan, Blood and Northern Blackfoot with each other and with the neighboring Prairie, Plains, Plateau, Shoshone, and occasionally Eastern Algonkian ...

Societies and dance associations of the Blackfoot Indians
Book 1913 Wissler, Clark

BlackfootNorth America > Plains and Plateau
This monograph written by Wissler on the basis of his own field notes and information supplied by D.C. Duvall and James Eagle-child, is a descriptive study of the age-graded men's societies, women's societies, religious cults, and dance associations ...

The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians
Book 1918 Wissler, Clark

BlackfootNorth America > Plains and Plateau
This is a detailed account of the Piegan Sun Dance that the author saw performed twice during his stay among the Blackfoot from 1902 to about 1911. Wissler's exact observations on this ceremonial are further supplemented by data provided by native in...

Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians
Book 1908 Wissler, Clark & Duvall, D. C.

BlackfootNorth America > Plains and Plateau
This monograph presents Blackfoot narratives 'in which the tone of the mythical age predominate(s).' A good deal of notation on the regional distribution of the tales accompanies the text....