Chickasaw society and religion / John R. Swanton ; foreword by Greg O'Brien.

Author/creator Swanton, John Reed
Other author Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.
Format Book
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2006.
Descriptionxii, 105 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Uniform titleForty-second Annual report of the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology
Contents Introduction -- Origin legends -- Terms of relationship -- Birth relationships -- Marriage relationships -- Further notes on the terms used by a woman -- Supplementary terms -- Personal names -- Social organization -- Government -- Property rights -- Crime and punishment -- Regulations regarding women -- Childbirth and education of children -- Marriage customs -- Division of labor between the sexes -- Burial customs -- War customs -- Hunting -- Games -- Measures and intercommunication -- Religious beliefs in general -- The fate of souls -- Dances -- The Pishofa ceremony -- Doctoring and medicines.
General noteOriginally published: Forty-second Annual report of the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology, 1928, in series: Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [101]) and index.
LCCN 2005027636
ISBN0803293496 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780803293496

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Joyner General Stacks E99.C55 S92 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold