PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS VII
3. PREFACE IX
4. I I. THE PAWNEE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 1
5. II. THE GHOST DANCE AMONG THE PAWNEE. 53
6. IIΙ. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GHOST DANCE 105
7. IV. THE HAND GAME. DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTER 124
8. V. PLAY OF THE PAWNEE HAND GAME 131
9. VI. THE OLD PAWNEE HAND GAME 139
10. VII. THE GHOST DANCE HAND GAME 155
11. VIII . ANALYSIS OF THE GHOST DANCE HAND GAME 160
12. IX. THE SOUTH BAND HAND GAMES 233
13. X. THE SKIRI HAND GAMES 246
14. XI. COMPARISON OF THE OLD HAND GAME AND THE GHOST DANCE HAND GAME 309
15. XII. HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GHOST DANCE HAND GAME 322
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 338