Project Gutenberg 2011-05-28 Public domain in the USA. 135 Spier, Leslie 1893 1961 22000663 Notes on the Kiowa Sun Dance Produced by Tor Martin Kristiansen, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Notes on the Kiowa Sun Dance" by Leslie Spier is an anthropological publication written in the early 20th century. This work examines the rituals and ceremonies surrounding the Kiowa Sun Dance, providing a detailed account of the practices, roles, and significance of the event within the Kiowa culture. The book likely serves as a scholarly exploration of a fundamental ritual that holds deep cultural meaning for the Kiowa people. In this book, Spier recounts the intricacies of the Kiowa Sun Dance from a variety of perspectives. The ceremony is led by the owner of a sacred medicine image, called the "tai´me", who directs the proceedings involving participants that include associates and shield owners. The text outlines the preparations, symbolic acts, and various rituals performed throughout the multi-day event, such as costume preparations, fasting, and the pivotal role of prayer and offerings. It also discusses the hereditary nature of certain roles and the belief systems underpinning the dance, emphasizing its significance for material and spiritual well-being among the Kiowa tribes. Overall, Spier's meticulous notes offer valuable insights into Kiowa cultural practices and their connection to identity and communal life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Sun dance Kiowa Indians E011 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 92514 92497 2024-09-15T10:33:48.821639 2023-09-16T04:25:46.804741 text/html text/html 90210 2020-09-01T12:29:01 text/html; charset=utf-8 157927 2020-09-01T12:29:15 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 204438 2024-09-15T10:33:54.056622 application/epub+zip 203644 2024-09-15T10:33:50.703605 application/epub+zip 84952 2024-09-15T10:33:49.454650 application/epub+zip 504206 2024-09-15T10:33:56.153576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 494116 2024-09-15T10:33:53.034638 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 214139 2022-09-16T14:12:01.644364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71124 2024-09-15T10:33:48.475648 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 70954 2011-05-28T15:14:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 26858 2011-05-28T15:14:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 70939 2011-05-28T15:14:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 26829 2011-05-28T15:14:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 70930 2011-05-28T15:14:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26798 2011-05-28T15:14:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21207 2024-09-15T10:33:56.291569 application/rdf+xml 17769 2024-09-15T10:33:49.811610 image/jpeg 4450 2024-09-15T10:33:49.632654 image/jpeg 212962 2024-09-15T10:33:48.838637 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog