The site of the reserve is a beautiful stretch of country with magnificent views up and down the curving river, and all this land was part of the country of the Crees in and around the headwaters of the Qu'Appelle River. [...] Some of the little homes of the Crees lie at the entrances to the wooded coulees and others stand along the crest of the hills on the prairie level. [...] While many anthropologists and curiosity seekers saw the ceremony as a "remnant" of an "authentic" past, these outsiders failed to see the ceremony as the practice of a suppressed religion, whose believers were admonished to stop making lodges, the physical structure for the ceremony, and not understanding the purpose of the ceremony tied to the longevity of the people. [...] For all believers, this ceremonial cycle was meant to renew the earth and sustain the people for anoth- er year, and by the end of the ceremony, it marked the beginning of the New Year that guaranteed the longevity of the people and the fertility of the nation. [...] Amidst this standoff on the Prairies, the Rain Dance ceremony continued to be central to many of the followers of Piapot, despite the perse- cution about what they held to be their most sacred ceremony, and the ability of their chief to conduct the ceremony that they believed was necessary for the annual renewal of the world.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiv-xxvi) and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.2004/973230092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- With a new introduction by David R. Miller"--Cover Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cnp--
- ISBN
- 9781459335691 9780889772014
- LCCN
- E99.C88
- LCCN Item number
- W37 2007eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxvi, 64 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00221928 (OCoLC)456119403 (CaOOCEL)424112
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Foreword 8
- Introduction to the 1957 Edition 10
- Introduction to the 2007 Edition 14
- Chapter One: The Story of Payepot 28
- Chapter Two: Payepot Brings Rain in Montana 44
- Chapter Three: The Meaning of the Rain Dance 54
- Chapter Four: Seeing the Unseen 68
- Appendix 82
- Index 86
- A 86
- B 86
- C 86
- D 87
- E 87
- F 87
- G 87
- H 87
- I 87
- K 88
- L 88
- M 88
- N 88
- P 88
- Q 89
- R 89
- S 90
- T 90
- W 90
- Y 91
