The Pawnee
The Pawnee

Author: George Amos Dorsey

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 9781290887496

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The Pawnee Mythology (Part I) Volume 1
The Pawnee Mythology (Part I) Volume 1

Author: George Amos 1868-1931 [From Ol Dorsey

Publisher: Arkose Press

Published: 2015-11-07

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 9781346190938

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The Pawnee; Mythology Volume 1
The Pawnee; Mythology Volume 1

Author: George Amos Dorsey

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9781230408606

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...tried to take it away from me, but I have it here." The old woman took the fox hide and hung it up on the grass-lodge. Crow-Feathers took his fox home, and when the chief saw it he was glad, and gave his daughter to Crow-Feathers. The fox was tied to a long pole and the pole was set in the ground. Each day the people went to Crow-Feathers' tipi to see the fox. As the people came near the fox the hair came off from it, and it fell to the ground. The hairs were not red, but of a bluish color. The people said: "Why, the fox is not red." Still the buffalo did not come anywhere near the village, but the boy had his bow and arrows and ring. Each day his grandmother rolled the ring and he shot at it, and there would always be a buffalo lying in the place where the ring fell. The old man would skin the buffalo and the old woman would jerk it and dry it, throwing nothing away. Crow-Feathers was married to the chief's daughter. Everybody talked about it, for the people were hungry and they looked to Crow-Feathers to help them in some way. One day Burnt-Belly said: "Grandmother, take a roll of pemmican and go and visit the chief's tipi. Sit down at the entrance and when you get tired, arise and drop the pemmican. The people will see it, and the chief will see it, and he will call you back. When he calls you back and wants to know what the thing is, tell him that it is a piece of fat, with which you grease the boy's eyes." Burnt-Belly went off, knowing that his grandmother would go to the chief's tipi. The old woman did as she was told, and when she dropped the pemmican, the people were astonished, for they did not think the old woman could afford to have any meat. When they called her back, she told them that the thing was...

The Pawnee
The Pawnee

Author: George Amos Dorsey

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020689635

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This book is an anthropological study of the mythological stories and religious beliefs of the Pawnee tribe, a native American group from the Great Plains. Dorsey collected and translated the stories from Pawnee elders, providing a unique perspective on the cultural and spiritual practices of the tribe. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Pawnee
The Pawnee

Author: George Amos Dorsey

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2014-01-11

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 9781293500576

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The Pawnee Mythology
The Pawnee Mythology

Author: George Dorsey

Publisher:

Published: 1906-08-01

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 9781466249028

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Classic ethnological study of Pawnee folklore, mythology, and ritual by this important figure in the history of anthropology and Native American studies.