Being Dakota : Tales and Traditions of the Sisseton and Wahpeton

Preface xi Introduction 3(52) THE SISSETON-WAHPETON COMMUNITY 3(19) AMOS ENOS ONEROAD (MAHPIYASNA) 22(15) ALANSON BUCK SKINNER 37(11) THE MANUSCRIPT 48(7) A NOTE ON EDITORIAL PROCEDURES 53(2) Sisseton and Wahpeton Traditions and Customs 55(64) CIVIL AND MILITARY ORGANIZATION 57(19) Tribal Divisions 57(7) Officers, Government, Warriors, and War Customs 64(12) SOCIAL LIFE AND ORGANIZATIONS 76(12) Societies and Ceremonies 76(12) LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL 88(14) Dakota Naming Customs 88(2) Puberty, Fasting, and Dreaming 90(6) Courtship, Marriage, Polygamy, and Divorce 96(2) Mortuary Customs and the Hereafter 98(4) MATERIAL CULTURE 102(17) Houses, Costumes, etc. 102(21) Dress 102(2) Dwellings 104(3) Household Utensils 107(6) Games 113(6) Sisseton and Wahpeton Tales and Folklore 119(80) INTRODUCTION 121(2) THE ADVENTURES OF IKTOMI 1. Iktomi and His Member 123(1) 2 Iktomi and the Bathing Girls 123(1) 3. Iktomi and the Mysterious Raccoon 123(1) 4. Iktomi and the Gopher 124(1) 5. Iktomi Is Caught in a Skull 124(1) 6. Iktomi and the Elk 125(2) 7. Iktomi and the Nighthawk 127(1) 8. Iktomi and the Turkey Buzzard 128(1) 9. Iktomi Has Revenge upon the Buzzard 129(1) 10. Iktomi and the Ducks 129(1) 11. Iktomi and the Artichoke 130(1) 12. Iktomi and the Roseberries 131(1) 13. Iktomi and the Two Girls 132(1) 14. Iktomi and the Raccoon Family 132(4) 15. Iktomi and the Fox 136(2) 16. Iktomi and the Hare 138(1) 17. Iktomi Visits the Squirrel 139(1) 18. Iktomi and the Beaver 140(1) 19. Iktomi and the Buffalo 141(2) THE ADVENTURES OF MASTINA, THE HARE 1. Hare and His Grandmother 143(1) 2. Hare and the Bear Hunt 144(1) 3. Hare and the Early Riser 145(1) OTHER STORIES 1. The Child of Love 146(9) 2. The Mouse and the Buffalo 155(1) 3. The Legend of Hoop Ravine 156(10) 4. The Raccoon and the Crawfish 166(3) 5. Turtle and His Warparty 169(2) 6. The Woodpecker and the Crane 171(4) 7. The Mysterious Man 175(1) 8. The Man Who Was Changed to a Pickerel 176(2) 9. The Mysterious Turtle 178(1) 10. The Toad Who Stole a Boy 178(2) 11. The Flying Man 180(2) 12. Star Born 182(6) 13. The Origin of the Medicine Dance 188(3) TALES 14. A Migration Tale 191(1) 15. How a Heyoka Got His Medicine 191(1) 16. A Boy Joker 192(1) 17. Contest between Thunder-bird and Monster 193(1) 18. A Witch Story 194(1) 19. A Berdache Story 195(1) 20. A War Story 196(3) Appendix 199(2) Bibliography 201(8) Index 209