num_pages: 276
description: This text serves as an introduction to Plains Indians history and a general overview of Sioux/Cheyenne religious thought, with a description of their major ceremonies. It shows how the vision quest was as essential to the relatively simple, peaceful Cheyenne as it was to the more systematized, sacrificially violent Sioux.
language: English
title: The Vision Quest of the Plains Indians: Its Spiritual Significance
titlecomplete: The Vision Quest of the Plains Indians: Its Spiritual Significance (Studies in American Religion Vol 13)
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr