| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 517 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Beginnings -- Niobrara -- Trade Agreements, Indian Treaties, and Indian Removal -- Chief Standing Bear -- Indian Territory -- The Selection of Ponca Chiefs -- The Ponca Reservation in Oklahoma -- Ethnography -- The Ponca Give Away -- The Old Ponca Heđúška -- New Hedúškà Dance Paraphernalia -- The Ponca Singers -- Ponca Heđúška Songs -- Family Structure and Kinship System -- Marriage and Property -- Clans of the Ponca -- Ponca Names -- Toys, Games, and Sports -- Arts and Crafts -- The Ponca Native American Church -- The Christian Church in the Ponca Community -- The Spirit World -- The Funeral Rites -- Ancient Ponca Burials and Practices -- Ponca Medicine -- Journey to the School House -- Into The School House -- Warriors of the Ponca -- Political Governance -- Afterword |
| Summary |
"Walks on the Ground is a record of Ponca elder Louis V. Headman's personal study of the Southern Ponca people, spanning seven decades"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ponca Indians -- History
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HISTORY -- Native American.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
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Ponca Indians
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
O'Neill, Sean, 1969- writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9781496219350 |
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149621935X |
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