Chickasaw society and religion /
Swanton, John Reed,1873-1958.
Smithsonian Institution.Bureau of American Ethnology.
Lincoln, Neb. ; London : University of Nebraska Press,
2006.
Originally published: Forty-second Annual report of the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology, 1928, in series: Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [101]) and index.
Introduction -- Origin legends -- Terms of relationship -- Birth relationships -- Marriage relationships -- Further notes on the terms used by a woman -- Supplementary terms -- Personal names -- Social organization -- Government -- Property rights -- Crime and punishment -- Regulations regarding women -- Childbirth and education of children -- Marriage customs -- Division of labor between the sexes -- Burial customs -- War customs -- Hunting -- Games -- Measures and intercommunication -- Religious beliefs in general -- The fate of souls -- Dances -- The Pishofa ceremony -- Doctoring and medicines.
Chickasaw Indians.
Indians of North America