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Voices from the Delaware Big House Ceremony

Title
Voices from the Delaware Big House Ceremony / edited by Robert S. Grumet.
Publication
Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, c2001.

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Additional Authors
Grumet, Robert Steven.
Description
xxv, 213 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Series Statement
The civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 239
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-205) and index.
Contents
The Big House described / Terry J. Prewitt -- The earliest accounts, 1655-1780 -- Beate and the White River revival, 1805-1806 -- Mid-nineteenth-century accounts -- Richard C. Adams's accounts -- Eastern Oklahoma Delaware Big House ceremonies, 1907-1910 -- Canadian Munsee Big House ceremonies, 1907-1910 -- Charlie Elkhair's text, 1912 -- The Charlie Webber (Wi.tapano'xwe) text of the Oklahoma Delaware Big House ceremony, 1928 -- Additional notes to the Big House ceremony, 1937 -- The Nicodemus Peters (Nekatcit) account, 1945 -- Lula Mae Gibson Gilliland's account, 1947 -- Eastern Oklahoma Delaware reminiscences, 1972-1994 -- Nora Thompson Dean's accounts of the Eastern Delaware Unami Delaware Big House, 1973-1984 - Delaware and English names of people referred to in the texts.
Call Number
JGF 02-100
ISBN
0806133600 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2001027570
OCLC
46713161
Title
Voices from the Delaware Big House Ceremony / edited by Robert S. Grumet.
Imprint
Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, c2001.
Series
The civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 239
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-205) and index.
Added Author
Grumet, Robert Steven.
Research Call Number
JGF 02-100
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