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Tales of the Cochiti Indians
written by Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948, in Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) Bulletins (District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution and United States. Government Printing Office, originally published 1931), 268 page(s)
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written by Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948, in Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) Bulletins (District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution and United States. Government Printing Office, originally published 1931), 268 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ethnography
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Date Published / Released
1931
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution, United States. Government Printing Office
Series
Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) Bulletins
Topic / Theme
Pueblo, Sociology, Animals, Storytelling, Folklore, Myths and legends
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Council 1-6
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 19. Southwest Notes) (1929) , 4 page(s)
Four pages contain hand-written notes on councils, ceremonies and clans of Pueblo Indians. They include: a description of a tribal council and its participants; a diagram of the ceremonial organization at Cochiti Pueblo; a chart of clans, kivas and ceremonies at the Hopi pueblos of Walpi and Sichumovi, with refere...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 19. Southwest Notes) (1929) , 4 page(s)
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Four pages contain hand-written notes on councils, ceremonies and clans of Pueblo Indians. They include: a description of a tribal council and its participants; a diagram of the ceremonial organization at Cochiti Pueblo; a chart of clans, kivas and ceremonies at the Hopi pueblos of Walpi and Sichumovi, with references to Elsie Parsons and Edward S. Curtis.
Date Written / Recorded
1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies, Government councils, Clans, Keresan, Hopi
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Delight Makers
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 17. Southwest Notes) (1924) , 9 page(s)
Nine pages of typewritten notes quote from or refer to 'The Delight Makers,' an 1890 novel by ethnographer A.F.A. Bandelier that is based on the myths of the natives of the Four Corners area of the American Southwest, whom he studied. The notes are in English with numerous terms, mostly names, in the Keres languag...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 17. Southwest Notes) (1924) , 9 page(s)
Description
Nine pages of typewritten notes quote from or refer to 'The Delight Makers,' an 1890 novel by ethnographer A.F.A. Bandelier that is based on the myths of the natives of the Four Corners area of the American Southwest, whom he studied. The notes are in English with numerous terms, mostly names, in the Keres language. The fourth page contains a hand-drawn diagram and description of the Altar of the Corn Clan, which is noted as being 'typical of all...
Nine pages of typewritten notes quote from or refer to 'The Delight Makers,' an 1890 novel by ethnographer A.F.A. Bandelier that is based on the myths of the natives of the Four Corners area of the American Southwest, whom he studied. The notes are in English with numerous terms, mostly names, in the Keres language. The fourth page contains a hand-drawn diagram and description of the Altar of the Corn Clan, which is noted as being 'typical of all.' Topics include: selection of war chiefs; councils; scalping; medicine powers; clowns; courting; harvest dances; witches and magic.
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Date Written / Recorded
1924
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Magic, Dances, Courtship customs, Religious rites and ceremonies, Chieftains, Cochiti, Tewa
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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