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TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



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After a man was admitted to this society he donated his best horse 

 to the society, no matter what its value might be. He also hired a 

 man to make his paraphernalia, 

 usually giving a horse as com- 

 pensation for this service. One 

 of the articles with which he 

 provided himself was a whistle 

 made of the wing bone of an 

 eagle; this whistle was closely 

 decorated with beads (fig. 30), 

 and hung around his neck. 

 Each member had also a rattle 

 fastened to a wand (pi. 46) 

 which he carried during the 

 dances of the society. This 

 rattle was made by boiling the 

 hoof of the deer and cutting 

 the hard, outer part into pieces 

 of the desired shape and size. 

 All the feathers used in adorn- 

 ment by members of this society 

 were owl feathers, tipped with 

 red down. The feathers of the 

 owl were used also on their 

 arrows. 



Two of the dancing songs of 

 this society (Nos. 156, 165) oc- 

 cur m connection with the per- 

 sonal war narratives of Eagle 

 Shield and One Feather. 



A rattle of dew claws (pi. 46) 

 was used in many Sioux dances. ..„„y 



WHITE HORSE RIDERS 

 (^mjK'sKA-AKAJj'YAJJKA) 



The White Horse Riders were 

 not considered a tribal society, 

 like those already described, 

 but were an old organization 

 which, in the opinion of some 

 informants, was Ideal in char- 

 acter. The term "white horse riders" is not an exact translation of 

 the Sioux designation, the first word of which means ''white horse," 



Fig. 30. Miwa'tani society whistle. 



