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Native American courtship and marriage traditions / by Leslie Gourse.

Gourse, Leslie. (Author).

Summary:

"Author Leslie Gourse has created a helpful guide for adapting and incorporating traditional Native American marriage customs into today's modern weddings. Descriptions of weddings of the Hopi, Lakota, Iroquois, Oglala, and others provide a historic sense of Native traditions. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0781807689
  • ISBN: 9780781807685
  • Physical Description: vi, 178 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Hippocrene Books, c2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-165) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Literature: love poems and folklore -- Introduction to tribal wedding customs -- Tribal wedding customs: the Hopi -- Tribal wedding customs: the Navajo -- Tribal wedding customs: the story of an Eastern Cherokee bride and a Minnesota Sioux bridegroom -- Tribal wedding customs: the Iroquois -- Tribal wedding customs: the Oglala Sioux -- Celebrations of puberty -- Dances and powwows -- Food -- Fashions, jewelry, basketry, cloth weaving, and decorations -- Postscript: divorce and remarriage.
Subject:
Indians of North America > Marriage customs and rites.
Indians of North America > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of North America > Clothing.
Courtship > United States > History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library E 98 .M27 G68 2000 255767 Stacks Available -

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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [163]-165) and index.
50500. ‡tLiterature: love poems and folklore -- ‡tIntroduction to tribal wedding customs -- ‡tTribal wedding customs: the Hopi -- ‡tTribal wedding customs: the Navajo -- ‡tTribal wedding customs: the story of an Eastern Cherokee bride and a Minnesota Sioux bridegroom -- ‡tTribal wedding customs: the Iroquois -- ‡tTribal wedding customs: the Oglala Sioux -- ‡tCelebrations of puberty -- ‡tDances and powwows -- ‡tFood -- ‡tFashions, jewelry, basketry, cloth weaving, and decorations -- ‡tPostscript: divorce and remarriage.
520 . ‡a"Author Leslie Gourse has created a helpful guide for adapting and incorporating traditional Native American marriage customs into today's modern weddings. Descriptions of weddings of the Hopi, Lakota, Iroquois, Oglala, and others provide a historic sense of Native traditions. Book jacket."--Jacket.
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