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Oklahoma Seminoles : Medicines, Magic, and Religion Civilization of the American Indian Series ; [V. 166]
author
:
Howard, James Henri.; Lena, Willie
publisher
:
University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0806122382
print isbn13
:
9780806122380
ebook isbn13
:
9780585168821
language
:
English
subject
Seminole Indians--Religion, Seminole Indians--Medicine, Seminole Indians--Rites and ceremonies, Seminole Indians--Oklahoma.
publication date
:
1984
lcc
:
E99.S28H69 1984eb
ddc
:
299/.78
subject
:
Seminole Indians--Religion, Seminole Indians--Medicine, Seminole Indians--Rites and ceremonies, Seminole Indians--Oklahoma.
Page iii
Oklahoma Seminoles Medicines, Magic, and Religion
Page iv
Plate 1. A Seminole dance leader of yesteryear. Pencil sketch by Willie Lena.
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Oklahoma Seminoles Medicines, Magic, and Religion
By James H. Howard In Collaboration with Willie Lena
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS: NORMAN AND LONDON
Page vi
Other books by James H. Howard:
(translator and editor) The Warrior Who Killed Custer: The Personal Narrative of Chief Joseph White Bull (Lincoln, Nebraska, 1968)
North American Indian Cultures (Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1978)
The Dakota or Sioux Indians, A Study/n Human Ecology (Lincoln, Nebraska, 1980)
Shawnee! The Ceremonialism of a Native American Tribe and Its Cultural Background (Athens, Ohio, 1981)
(with Victoria Lindsay Levine) Choctaw Music and Dance (Norman, 1989)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Howard, James Henri, 1925-1982. Oklahoma Seminoles. (The Civilization of the American Indian series; v. 166) Bibliography: p. 261. 1. Seminole IndiansReligion and mythology. 2. Seminole IndiansMedicine. 3. Seminole IndiansRites and ceremonies. 4. Indians of North AmericaOklahomaReligion and mythology. 5. Indians of North AmericaOklahomaRites and ceremonies. 6. Indians of North AmericaOklahoma Medicine. I. Lena, Willie, 1912- II. Title. III. Series: Civili zation of the American Indian series; no. 166. E99.S28H69 1984 299'.78 83-40328 ISBN 0-8061-2238-2
Copyright 1984 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First paperback printing, 1990.
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Contents
Preface
xv
Foreword: The Life and Times of a Seminole Chief, Willie Lena's Autobiography
xxi
1. A Synopsis of Seminole History
3
2. Seminole Herbal Remedies
20
3. Non-herbal Remedies
71
4. Magic and Witchcraft
82
5. Ceremonialism: General Considerations
104
6. Ceremonialism: The Green Corn Ceremony
123
7. Ceremonialism: The Nighttime Dances
157
8. Sports and Games
181
9. Supernaturals
210
10. The Seminole World
218
11. Mortuary Practices
246
12. Epilogue
249
Notes
253
Bibliography
261
Index
267
Page ix
Illustrations
Plates
1. A Seminole dance leader of yesteryear
frontispiece
2. Willie Lena and his daughter Bonnie
xxiii
3. Seminole medicine man of the old school
22
4. Seminole medicine man "bubbling" a liquid medicine
23
5. Seminole medicine man gathering herbs
31
6. Medicine man praying that herbs will effect a cure
56
7. A medicine man preparing to use roots of a certain tree
57
8. A Seminole medicine man concerned for his patient
58
9. The snake people are great teachers of medicines
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