From the earth to beyond the sky
Subtitle: an ethnographic approach to four Longhouse Iroquois speech events
By: Michael K. Foster.
Series: Mercury series; Paper - Canadian Ethnology Service ;; no. 20; Paper (Canadian Ethnology Service) ;; no. 20.
Publisher: National Museums of Canada
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Ottawa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
Subjects: Speeches, addresses, etc., Iroquois; Iroquois Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
Description: A linguistic and content analysis of four rituals associated with the calendrical round of ceremonies, a study which reveals the graded hierarchy of "spirit forces."
Notes: Bibliography: p. 421-432.
Summary in French.
Includes speeches in English and Iroquois.
Includes index.