Indigenous peoples -- Great Plains, Great Plains 

vii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm 

Contents:
The Plains setting / B. Miles Gilbert --
The influence of Plains ethnography on the development of anthropological theory / E. Adamson Hoebel --
The Plains culture area concept / Richard Scaglion --
Prehistoric studies on the Plains / Alfred E. Johnson and W. Raymond Wood --
An overview of Great Plains physical anthropology / David V. Hughey --
Studies in Plains linguistics : a review / Robert C. Hollow and Douglas R. Parks --
Plains trade in prehistoric and protohistoric intertribal relations / W. Raymond Wood --
The ethnohistorical approach in Plains area studies / Mildred Mott Wedel and Raymond J. DeMallie --
Plains economic analysis : the Marxist complement / Alan M. Klein --
Morgan's problem : the influence of Plains ethnography on the ethnology of kinship / John H. Moore --
Social control on the Plains / Garrick Bailey --
The Sun Dance / Margot Liberty --
The Ghost Dance / Omer C. Stewart --
The Native American church / Omer C. Stewart --
Plains Indian art / Mary Jane Schneider --
Plains Indian music and dance / William K. Powers --
Psychological anthropology / Margot Liberty and Robert Morais. The formal education of Plains Indians / Janet Goldenstein Ahler --
Plains Indian women : an assessment / Katherine M. Weist --
Research in health and healing in the Plains / Luis S. Kemnitzer --
Peoples of the Plains / compiled by Douglas R. Parks, Margot Liberty, and Andrea Ferenci.