Project Gutenberg 2014-11-23 Public domain in the USA. 116 Barrett, S. A. (Samuel Alfred) 1879 1965 Barrett, Samuel Alfred a17001088 Ceremonies of the Pomo Indians Produced by Charlene Taylor, Eva Schulte, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Ceremonies of the Pomo Indians" by S. A. Barrett is an ethnographic study published in the early 20th century. The work delves into the ceremonial practices, organizational structures, and religious rituals of the Pomo Indians, an Indigenous group from Northern California. Barrett meticulously documents various ceremonies, such as the Ghost and Guksu ceremonies, detailing their significance, the roles of officials, and the participation of community members. The opening of the text sets the stage by indicating the transient nature of Pomo ceremonies in the early 20th century, revealing that the essence of these rituals had largely been lost over time. Barrett conveys his experience living among the Pomo from 1892 to 1904, during which he observed the remaining elements of their ceremonial life, gathering information primarily from the tribal elders. The section introduces the general organization of their ceremonies, emphasizing the absence of a formal priesthood and highlighting the important roles of village captains and other officials, such as fire-tenders and head singers, in facilitating these cultural practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Pomo Indians -- Social life and customs Pomo dance E011 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 172049 172057 2024-09-19T17:26:48.854997 2023-09-20T13:21:07.886746 text/html text/html 170524 2014-11-23T15:18:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 666051 2014-11-23T15:18:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 696230 2024-09-19T17:26:55.786994 application/epub+zip 693660 2024-09-19T17:26:50.806024 application/epub+zip 87651 2024-09-19T17:26:49.320001 application/epub+zip 668803 2024-09-19T17:26:58.914965 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 650897 2024-09-19T17:26:54.075963 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 134773 2022-09-21T14:28:16.876429 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141547 2024-09-19T17:26:48.194005 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141817 2014-11-23T15:18:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 49993 2014-11-23T15:18:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17702 2024-09-19T17:26:59.051981 application/rdf+xml 5642 2024-09-19T17:26:49.403002 image/jpeg 1070 2024-09-19T17:26:49.362981 image/jpeg 669773 2024-09-19T17:26:48.907025 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