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Fig. 207. — Northern Arapaho Sun Dance, 1926. (Photograph by Michel- 

 son.) The Southern Arapaho Sun Dance has been thoroughly described by 

 Dr. George A. Dorsey. The Northern Arapaho are much more conservative 

 than the Southern Arapaho ; and the tribal sacred pipe is with the former. 

 For years after the government forbade tortures in the Sun Dance members 

 of the Northern Arapaho went to the forest, put skewers through their 

 flesh, attached leather-thongs, and fastened tliese to trees while they wailed 

 and danced — all in secret. 



Fig. 208. — Fox building made of elm-bark, i ama, Iowa. ( Photograph by 

 Michelson. ) Buildings of this kind are rapidly disappearing and will soon be a 

 thing of the past. This building is one of the finest ever seen by Dr. 

 Michelson. 



