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The Assiniboine - Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1928-1929

The Assiniboine

Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1928-1929

Paperback : 9780889771321, 290 pages, March 2000

Table of contents

Introduction to the 2000 Edition
Publisher’s Note
Preface
Letter of Transmittal
History
Geography
Climate
Wild Animals
The horse
Pictographs
Antiquities
Pipes
Vessels and implements
Astronomy and geology
Future life
Arithmetic
Medicine
Government
Indian trade
Education
Warfare
Property
Territorial rights
Primogeniture
Crime
Prayers
The moon
Parental affection
Religion
Immortality
Mythology
Manners and customs
Camp Life
Courtship and marriage
Music
Longevity
Hospitality
Midwifery, childbirth, naming
Assiniboin names
Children
Suicide
Personal behavior
Scalping
Oaths
Smoking
Fame
Stoicism
Taciturnity
Public speaking
Travel
Senses
Jugglery and sorcery
Strength and endurance
Spirituous liquors
Hunting
Fishing
War
Dancing and amusements
Games
Racing
Gambling
Death and its consequences
Orphans and the aged
Lodges
Canoes
Mental and ethical advancement
Medicine; drugs
Food
Garments; dresses
Ornaments
Paints and dyes
Tattooing
Badges of office
Beard
Intellectual capacity and character
Speech of Le Chef du Tonnere to the gentleman in charge of Fort Union, January, 1850
Picture writing
Myth telling
Fables
Songs; music
Present condition and future prospects
Intermarriage with whites
Population
Language
Bibliography
Index
Appendix

Description

Edwin Thompson Denig entered the fur trade on the Upper Missouri River in 1833. As husband to the daughter of an Assiniboine headman and as a bookkeeper stationed at Fort Union, Denig became knowledgeable about the tribal groups of the Upper Missouri. By the 1840s and 1850s, several noted investigators of Indian culture were consulting him, including Audubon, Hayden, and Schoolcraft. Not content to drawn on his own knowledge, he interviewed in company with the Indians for an entire year until he had obtained satisfactory answers.