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The Iroquois eagle dance; an offshoot of the Calumet dance with An analysis of the Iroquois eagle dance and songs, by Gertrude Prokosch Kurath.

Title
The Iroquois eagle dance; an offshoot of the Calumet dance with An analysis of the Iroquois eagle dance and songs, by Gertrude Prokosch Kurath.
Author
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005.
Publication
Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1953.

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Kurath, Gertrude Prokosch.
Description
vi, 324 p. illus., ports., fold. map, music.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology ; 156
Uniform Title
Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology) 156.
Alternative Title
Iroquois eagle dance and songs
Subject
  • Eagle dance
  • Iroquois Indians
  • Indians, North American
  • Dancing
Genre/Form
Music
Note
  • At head of title: Smithsonian Institution.
  • Based on dissertation. Yale University (Ph.D.) 1937.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Seneca Eagle Dance at Coldspring on the Allegheny River -- The Seneca Eagle Dance at Tonawanda -- The Onondaga Condor Dance -- The Eagle Dance on Grand River (Six Nations Reserve), Canada -- The Iroquois Eagle Dance as a cultural phenomenon -- Documentary history -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Supplement. An analysis of the Iroquois Eagle Dance and songs / by Gertrude Prokosch Kurath. Comparative choreography ; The songs ; The winged calumet ; Ganegwa'e and its relatives.
LCCN
^^^53061977^
OCLC
858639575
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library