Indian dances of North America : their importance to Indian life

Laubin, Reginald. (Author). Laubin, Gladys. (Added Author).

Summary: Indian dances of the early days revealed the very soul of the people. Every event of life, every act of the day was strung on a sort of invisible chain of prayer -- expressed visibly through the paint on his face, his songs and dances, which combined them all.

Record details

ISBN: 0806121726 (pbk) :
ISBN: 9780806121727 (pbk)
Physical Description: print
xxxviii, 538 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), photographs ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Norman ; London : University of Oklahoma Press, 1977

Content descriptions

General Note:

INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES AND INDEX.

Formatted Contents Note:

The first explorers -- The colonial period -- The late 1700's and early 1800's -- The best observers -- The ghost dance -- Concepts of Indian dancing -- Music and instruments -- Masks and paint -- Dances of the life cycle -- The war dance -- Victory and scalp dances -- The green corn dances -- Calumet and eagle dances : in the east -- Calumet and eagle dances : in the west -- The sun dance : the Teton Sioux -- The sun dance : other tribes -- Society dances : the warrior society -- Society dances : dream cults, other societies -- Bird and animal dances -- Dances of the Pacific Coast -- Dances of the Southwest -- The grass, or Omaha, dance -- Other dances today -- Concert dancing.