Project Gutenberg 2015-04-04 Public domain in the USA. 105 Dorsey, James Owen 1848 1895 Dorsey, J. Owen (James Owen) A Study of Siouan Cults Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544 Produced by Colin M. Kendall, PM for Bureau of American Ethnology, The Internet Archive (American Libraries), and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr.) "A Study of Siouan Cults" by James Owen Dorsey is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book explores the religious beliefs and practices of various Siouan tribes, including the Omaha and Ponka, focusing on their systems of worship and the associated rituals. It likely provides extensive ethnographic details, definitions, and critical evaluations of the cults within these tribal communities. At the start of the work, Dorsey introduces essential concepts, offering definitions for key terms such as "cult" and "Siouan," while outlining the tribes he will cover. He provides background on his own experiences among these groups, emphasizing the importance of gathering information directly from the Indigenous peoples themselves. The text also critiques the notion of a singular "Great Spirit" in Siouan beliefs, suggesting the need for a nuanced understanding of their spiritual frameworks and how they classify various phenomena as "human" or "superhuman." This introduction sets the stage for a detailed examination of the diverse beliefs, rituals, and symbols intertwined in Siouan religious practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Siouan Indians -- Religion E011 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 764739 764782 2024-09-20T09:54:15.813762 2023-09-21T06:39:14.214483 text/html text/html 783642 2015-04-04T16:42:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 1365131 2015-04-04T16:42:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1451156 2024-09-20T09:54:31.572674 application/epub+zip 1456756 2024-09-20T09:54:18.946761 application/epub+zip 301571 2024-09-20T09:54:17.524738 application/epub+zip 1686057 2024-09-20T09:54:39.634668 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1645492 2024-09-20T09:54:29.754685 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 497313 2022-09-22T05:47:34.954559 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 623219 622893 2024-09-20T09:54:13.226789 2023-09-21T06:39:11.646452 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 623343 2015-04-04T16:41:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 223733 2015-04-04T16:42:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18450 2024-09-20T09:54:39.910636 application/rdf+xml 6468 2024-09-20T09:54:17.705775 image/jpeg 1204 2024-09-20T09:54:17.610746 image/jpeg 1375025 2024-09-20T09:54:15.981753 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