Sanapia, Comanche medicine woman
By: by David E. Jones.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Sanapia, b. 1895; Comanche Indians
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Pronunciation guide -- Introduction -- The Comanches. Historical background -- Comanche origin -- Migrations -- Relationship to Shoshone -- Religious patterns -- A basin-type culture -- On the plains -- Comanche bands -- Acculturation and schism -- Sanapia, 1895 – 1968. Early childhood -- Religious influences -- White contact -- The middle years -- Training to become a doctor -- Deportment of a doctor -- Origin of eagle doctors -- Consent of the teachers -- Power transmission -- Tabus -- Final test -- Dreams and visions -- Visitations from the Medicine Eagle -- Contacts with the supernatural -- The supernatural universe -- A successor -- Attitudes about Sanapia -- Sanapia’s self-concept -- Medicine kit. Care of medicines -- Nonbotanical medicines. Crow feathers -- Glass slivers -- Sucking horn -- Charcoal from a peyote drum -- White otter fur -- Porcupine quills -- Bone medicine -- The Bible -- Medicine feather -- Indian lard -- Mouth wash -- Red paint -- Black kerchief -- Botanical medicines: collection, preparation, and dosages. Ekapokowa:pi -- Natsanksi -- Ekǝpa -- Puitsasene -- Kunǝatsu -- Bakumak -- Pǝhǝßi -- Esipɂhɂßhi -- Bekwinatsu -- Sanawiha -- Kusiwǝna -- Do:ltsa -- Bǝ:tasas -- Oinatsu -- Itse -- Osidobeda -- Tǝpinatsu -- Ghosts and ghost sickness. Comanche attitudes toward ghosts -- Ghost sickness -- Ghost fear in the basin and on the plains -- The resurgence of the ghost complex -- Debt to the Kiowa and Kiowa-Apache -- Habits of ghosts -- Preliminaries to the treatment of ghost sickness -- Treatment of ghost sickness -- Use of the peyote meeting -- Intercession of the Medicine Eagle -- Payments -- The necessity of faith -- Number of patients per year -- What is ghost sickness? -- A psychogenic hypothesis -- The victim of the ghost -- Indian-ness and ghost sickness -- The efficiency of ghost sickness -- Precipitating factors -- Change in behavior -- Ghost sickness and watch sickness -- Sanapia, ghosts, and ghost sickness -- Witchcraft and the conceptualization of illness. Black magic -- Reasons for the use of witchcraft -- A method of witchcraft -- The symptoms of witch sickness -- Treatment of witch sickness -- Concept of illness -- The contemporary situation -- Factors in the decline of witchcraft -- Conclusion. Lack of comparable material -- Inconsistencies -- Sanapia prevails -- References -- Recommended reading.