Author: Darlis A. MillerPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806138329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A woman in a man's world among the Pueblos of the Southwest
Matilda Coxe Stevenson
Author: Darlis A. MillerPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806138329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A woman in a man's world among the Pueblos of the Southwest
Games of the North American Indians
Author: Stewart CulinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Games of the North American Indians: Games of skill
Author: Stewart CulinPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803263567
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
"Reprinted from the original 1907 edition published as the Twenty-fourth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1902-1903, Smithsonian Institution"--T.p. verso.
The Open Court
Author: Paul CarusCatalogue: Authors
Author: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The Open Court
Author: American Anthropologist
Author: The Zuni Indians
Author: Matilda Coxe StevensonPublisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780344890956
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Games of the North American Indians
Author: Stewart CulinPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486231259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
The most complete work ever prepared on the subject — based on museum collections, travel and ethnographic accounts, and author's own research. Covers over 200 tribes and everything from games of chance and dexterity to such minor amusements as shuttlecock and tipcat. Bureau of American Ethnology report worth a substantial sum in original edition. 1,112 figures.
Games of the North American Indians: Games of chance
Author: Stewart CulinPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803263550
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Games figured prominently in the myths of North American Indian tribes, and also in their ceremonies for bringing rain and fertility and combating misfortune. In his classic study, originally published in 1907 as a report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Stewart Culin divided the games played by Indian men and women into two general types. Volume 1 of this Bison Books edition takes up games of chance, involving guessing and throwing dice. Culin was able to show that the games of North American tribes were remarkably similar in method and purpose. He found that games using dice of various materials—wood, cane, bone, animal teeth, fruit stones—existed among 130 tribes belonging to 30 linguistic groups. The games are described in detail in this volume, and so are the popular guessing games drawing on sticks and wooden disks and involving hidden objects. Volume 2 is just as absorbing in its elaboration of skills like archery and games like snow-snake, in which darts or javelins were hurled over snow or ice. Played throughout the continent north of Mexico were the hoop and pole game and its miniature, solitaire form called ring and pin, here illustrated. With equal authority Culin discusses ball games: racket, shinny, football, and hot ball. He includes accounts of "minor amusements": shuttlecock, tipcat, quoits, popgun, bean shooter, and cat's cradle. Originally published in 1907, Stewart Culin's comprehensive work reveals a side of American Indian culture still only rarely shown. An experienced observer, Culin was curator of ethnology at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and the author of books about games in other cultures.