The Montana Cree : a study in religious persistence

Type

Book

Authors

Verne Dusenberry ( Dusenberry, Verne )

Lynne Dusenberry Crow ( Crow, Lynne Dusenberry )

ISBN 10

0806130253

ISBN 13

9780806130255

Tags

Cree -- Montana, Cree, Cree -- Religion, Spirituality -- Indigenous, Cree -- Rites and ceremonies, Indigenous peoples -- Rites and ceremonies, Cree -- Folklore, Indigenous peoples -- Legends, Montana

Abstract

"The Montana Cree is a study of religion as a sustaining force in American Indian life. On the small Rocky Boy reservation in northern Montana, the Cree Indians provide an example of how a people transplanted and persecuted throughout their history can maintain and develop a tribal identity and unity through the continuance of their religious values.

As the adopted son of Mose Michelle, a hereditary Pend O’Reille chief, Verne Dusenberry moved easily within Indian circles as an accepted participant-observer in many religious ceremonies. His ethnographic study provides detailed descriptions of ceremonies - the Shaking Tent, Ghost Dance, and Sun Dance - which are seldom accurately described elsewhere."-- Amazon.ca.

Description

viii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Biblio Notes

Contents:
Historical background
The reservation years
The high God and creation
Popular religious beliefs and practices
Religion and the life cycle
Ghosts and the soul
Spirits
Purification rites
Dancing
Visions and dreams
Legendary beings
Nativistic movements
The sun dance: ehtnography
The sun dance: interpretation.

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