Title: The Montana Cree : a study in religious persistence /
Authors: Dusenberry, Verne, 1906-1966.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Cree Indians Religion.; Indians of North America Montana Religion.
Abstract: The Montana Cree is a study of religion as a sustaining force in American Indian life. On the small Rocky Boy reservation in northern Montana, the Cree Indians provide an example of how a people transplanted and persecuted throughout their history can maintain and develop a tribal identity and unity through the continuance of their religious values.
Contents: Historical background -- The reservation years -- The high God and creation -- Popular religious beliefs and practices -- Religion and the life cycle -- Ghosts and the soul -- Spirits -- Purification rites -- Dancing -- Visions and dreams -- Legendary beings -- Nativistic movements -- The sun dance: ehtnography -- The sun dance: interpretation.