Ethnology of the Yuchi Indians

History

Speck, Frank G.

Americas

Ams Pr Inc

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Ethnology Of The Yuchi Indians (1909)

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Kessinger Publishing

<p>During his last years ethnohistorian Frank G. Speck turned to the study of Iroquois ceremonialism. This 1950 book investigates the religious rites of the Cayuga tribe, one of six in the Iroquois confederation that occupied upstate New York until the American Revolution. In the 1930s and the 1940s Frank Speck observed the Midwinter Ceremony, the Cayuga thanksgiving for the blessings of life and health, performed in long houses on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario.  Collaborating with Alexander General (Deskáheh), the noted Cayuga chief, Speck describes vividly the rites and dances giving thanks to all spiritual entities. Of special interest are the medicine societies that not only prescribed herbs but used powerfully evocative masks in treating the underlying causes of sickness. In a new introduction, William N. Fenton discusses Speck’s distinguished career. </p>

Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House

Bison Books

The Yuchis, one of the more resilient peoples of the southeastern United States, were forcibly relocated to Indian Territory along with their neighbors in the 1830s. In the early 1900s, as this study shows, much of their traditional way of life remained. Yuchi life at the dawn of the modern era is portrayed in fascinating detail here, as observed and recorded by noted anthropologist Frank G. Speck in 1904–8. Speck’s fieldwork, combined with information gleaned from the experiences of a number of Yuchi men, describes numerous facets of Yuchi culture, including language, subsistence practices, decorative arts, domestic architecture, clothing, religious beliefs and rituals, healing practices, mythology, music, social and political organizations, warfare, games, and life-transition rituals and customs, such as birthing, naming, marriage, and burial. Affording a precious glimpse of a Native community in transition a century ago, Ethnology of the Yuchi Indians stands as an essential introduction to the history and culture of a vibrant southeastern Native people.

University Of Nebraska Press

Convinced that native culture survived in its purest form in the northern portions of North America, Frank Speck devoted almost twenty years of research to the Naskapi of Canada’s Labrador Peninsula during the first quarter of the twentieth century. He determined the Naskapi’s lifestyles were primitive compared to those of other natives, but their spiritual culture was highly developed. The Naskapi stressed the importance of dreams and dream interpretations, of communing with the spirit world, and of rituals honoring animal spirits.

Naskapi: The Savage Hunters of the Labrador Peninsula (Volume 10) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)

University of Oklahoma Press

No markings. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust jacket shows minor wear and minor fading. Dust Jacket is in mylar. All edges are clean. Dust Jacket is Unclipped. Very clean, crisp, and tight copy. Includes index and B&W photos. Not Ex-Library. All books offered from DSB are stocked at our store in Fayetteville, AR. Save on shipping by ordering multiple titles. 112pp. Hardcover Very Good Condition Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" English Text

Cherokee Dance and Drama (Civilization of the American Indian)

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

IThe Tutelo Spirit Adoption Ceremony Reclothing the Living in the Name of the DeadIn this long out of print work, noted anthropologistFrank G. Speck (1881-1950) presents an ethnologicalstudy of the Tutelo tribe, which migrated throughcolonial Pennsylvania. The book includes the TuteloIndians' history in Pennsylvania and a comprehensivedescription of the Spirit Adoption Ceremony andother Tutelo rites and dances. EthnomusicologistGeorge Herzog provides transcriptions and ananalysis of Tutelo music.

Tutelo Spirit Adoption Ceremony: Reclothing the Living in the Name of the Dead

Politics & Social Sciences

Herzog, George

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Anthropology

Pennsylvania Historical &

Iroqrafts

Decorative Art of Indian Tribes of Connecticut

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