The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian

Radin, Paul

Blowsnake, Sam

History

Franklin Classics

Excerpt from The Social Organization of the Winnebago Indians, an InterpretationThese examples bring out quite forcibly the point made above, that the exhibited today or at any particular time is itself not a constant, for at different epochs different elements Of the social unit may determine it. That, however, the twofold division Of the Winnebago is a Social-political grouping is, I believe, unquestionable, although today, to the minds Of the Winnebago, not the social-political grouping, but One element - and probably one that has been secondarily associated with the original grouping - determines to what half a new clan shall belong.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Social Organization of the Winnebago Indians, an Interpretation (Classic Reprint)

Forgotten Books

Excerpt from The Italians of San Francisco\nThe importance of knowing in considerable detail the nature of the economic environment from which an immigrant group has come need not, of course, be stressed. 'with the best of'mill not even the most adaptable of individuals can erase the influence of the conditions under which he lived during the first twenty years of his life. Indeed one can even push this age forward and say within the first fifteen.years, at least, for peasants and workers. It is practically impossible to throw off such influences psychologically and, even if it were possible to do so, there are certain inescapable social-economic elements enter ing into the situation in.san Francisco which renders it doubly diffi cult to give them.up.

The Italians of San Francisco (Italian American Experience)

Americas

Ayer Co. Pub

Paul Radin, one of America's first and most reputable professional anthropologists, lived among the Winnebago Indians for years, and for years he tried without success to interview the notorious younger son of the Blow Snake family, the Crashing Thunder of this book. At last Crashing Thunder agreed to tell Radin his life story, one that Radin calls "a true rake's progress." Speaking through Radin, Crashing Thunder told of his childhood, stories of Winnebago gods, his appetite for women and beer, and his extraordinary friends and relatives, including his brother-in-law, Thunder Cloud, then in his third incarnation. Crashing Thunder also told of his redemption through his new religion, peyote. To enhance understanding of the autobiography and its place in anthropology and literature, a new foreword, appendix, and index have been prepared by eminent Native American scholar, Arnold Krupat. Paul Radin (1883-1959) was an American anthropologist who was considered an authority on the culture of primitive societies, especially the tribal societies of native North Americans. Among his many works are the books The Winnebago Tribe, The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians, and The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology. Arnold Krupat is Professor of English, Sarah Lawrence College.

Crashing Thunder: The Autobiography of an American Indian (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

University of Michigan Press

Ethnobiography of late 19th, early 20th century; tribal life, acculturation, peyote, loss of values, etc.

The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian: Life, Ways, Acculturation and the Peyote Cult

Dover Publications

The origins, development, values, and practices of primitive religion are explored in a study encompassing anthropology, psychology, and sociology

Primitive Religion: Its Nature and Origin

Religion & Spirituality

Dover Pubns

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The Autobiography Of A Winnebago Indian (1920)

Arts & Literature

Kessinger Publishing

Literature & Fiction

Literary

In this transcription of the Medicine Rite, the most sacred ritual of the Winnebago Indians, anthropologist Paul Radin captured a poetic source of profound importance to the understanding of mystical experience. Performed by medicine men upon the initiation of a member to their cult, this secret rite recapitulated the mythic origins and heroes of the Winnebago while integrating those present with the ancestral forces.

The Road of Life and Death

Princeton University Press

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