C N T E N 1^ S 



Thp Siouan stock 157 



Kefmitiou 157 



Extent cif the stock 157 



Tribal nomenclature Itifi 



Princiiial characters 168 



Phouetic and graphic arts 168 



Industrial and esthetic arts 170 



Institutions 176 



Beliefs 178 



The development of mythology 178 



The Siouan mythology 182 



Somatology 185 



1 labitat 18t> 



Organization 187 



History 189 



Dakota-Asiniboin 189 



(/'egiha 191 



J oi we re 194 



Winnebago 195 



Mandan 196 



Ilidatsa 197 



The eastern and southern groups 198 



fieniral movements 198 



Some features of Indian sociology 199 



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