Clark Wissler

Societies of the Plains Indians

1923. A group of lectures given by Wissler at the State Universities of Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas and also before the Anthropological Society of St. Louis and the Galton Society of New York. The object of these lectures was to present the problems and scope of contemporary anthropology, and recognizing that the most pertinent question before us as a people, is the relation of civilization to man, the emphasis in these pages has been placed upon culture and its biological background.

Man and Culture

Societies and Ceremonial Associations in the Oglala Division of the Teton-Dakota

Material Culture of the Blackfoot Indians

North American Indians of the Plains

An Introduction to Social Anthropology

Riding Gear of the North American Indians

Pliny Earle Goddard

Robert Harry Lowie

James R. Murie

Alanson Skinner

Societies of the Crow, Hidatsa and Mandan Indians

A revision of Wissler's authoritative study, this volume traces the history of the American Indian from prehistoric times to the present. It gives a broad survey of the tribes and cultures of all the great Indian language families.

Indians of the United States

D. C. Duvall

Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians, originally published in 1908 by the American Museum of Natural History, introduces such figures as Old Man, Scar-Face, Blood-Clot, and the Seven Brothers. Included are tales with ritualistic origins emphasizing the prototypical Beaver-Medicine and the roles played by Elk-Woman and Otter-Woman, as well as a presentation of Star Myths, which reveal the astronomical knowledge of the Blackfoot Indians. Narratives about Raven, Grasshopper, and Whirlwind-Boy account for conditions in humanity and nature. Many of the stories in the concluding group, such as ?The Lost Children? and ?The Ghost-Woman,? were tales told to Blackfoot children. ø These narratives were collected early in the twentieth century from the Piegans in Montana and from the North Piegans, the Bloods, and the Northern Blackfoot in Canada. Most were translated by D. C. Duvall and revised for Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler. Darrell Kipp provides an introduction to the new Bison Books edition.

Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians

Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians, originally published in 1908 by the American Museum of Natural History, introduces such figures as Old Man, Scar-Face, Blood-Clot, and the Seven Brothers. Included are tales with ritualistic origins emphasizing the prototypical Beaver-Medicine and the roles played by Elk-Woman and Otter-Woman, and a presentation of Star Myths, which reveal the astronomical knowledge of the Blackfoot Indians. Narratives about Raven, Grasshopper, and Whirlwind-Boy account for conditions in humanity and nature. Many of the stories in the concluding group-like "The Lost Children" and "The Ghost-Woman"-were tales told to Blackfoot children. Clark Wissler notes that these narratives were collected very early in the twentieth century from the Piegans in Montana and from the North Piegans, Bloods, and Northern Blackfoot in Canada. Most were translated by D. C. Duvall and revised for Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians by Wissler. Wissler (1870-1947) was curator at the American Museum of Natural History and chairman of the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. Among his major works are North American Indians of the Plains and Man and Culture. Introducing this Bison Book edition is Alice B. Kehoe, a professor of sociology and anthropology at Marquette University and the author of North American Indians: A Comprehensive Account.

Vol. XI, XVI (selected).

Anthropological Papers

Unearthing the Secrets of the Aztec Ruin

Study of Eskimo artifacts in the Stefansson collection.

Harpoons and Darts in the Stefánsson Collection

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Reprint of the 1919 edition published by the American Museum of Natural History, issued as v.14 of its Anthropological papers. Includes a preliminary ethnological report by V. Stefansson and an account of the harpoons and darts in the Stefansson Collection by Clark Wissler.

Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition

Sun Dance of the Plains Indians

The Relation of Nature to Man in Aboriginal America

Clark Wissler

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