"Intended as a companion to the author's Red man's America"--p. [v]

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-290) and index

Indians and the supernatural -- Religion : its geography and history -- Impersonal power -- World origins -- The spirits -- Woman power -- Attitude toward the dead : fear and avoidance -- Attitude toward the dead : adoption of a substitute or "delayed burial" -- Medicine man, shaman, and priest -- The vision -- Indian ceremonialism -- Hunting and gathering rituals -- War ceremonies -- For the general welfare : the sun dance -- Planting begins -- Planting ceremonies : the southern woodland -- Planting ceremonies : the Iroquois -- Planting ceremonies : Great Lakes and upper Mississippi -- Planting ceremonies : the prairie -- Planting ceremonies : the Pueblos -- "Stranger" into Navaho -- The western Southwest -- Modern religions

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