X CONTENTS 



Hidatsa social organization — Continued 



Warfare — Continued page 



Training 219 



Offensive warfare 223 



Defensive warfare 275 



Cannibalism 277 



Military honors 278 



Hidatsa ceremonial organization 282 



The individual and the supernatural 282 



The legendary period 297 



First Creator myth 297 



Sacred Arrows myth 303 



Hide beating ceremony 308 



Woman Above and Holy Women ceremonies 323 



Old- Woman- Who-Never- Dies and related ceremonies 333 



Grizzly Bear ceremony 348 



Thimder ceremonies 358 



Big Bird 363 



Missouri River 371 



Creek 380 



Tying-the-Pots 389 



Wolf ceremonies 392 



Sunrise Wolf 394 



Sunset Wolf 410 



Wolf Woman 430 



Buffalo Calling ceremonies 433 



Earthnaming 433 



Imitating Buffalo 438 



Buffalo Corral 446 



Painted Red Stick 451 



Buffalo Neckbone 463 



Clan bundle ceremonies 467 



Waterbuster clan bundle 467 



Knife clan bundle 473 



Summary 474 



Hidatsa cultural position in the Northern Plains 476 



Bibliography 490 



Index 495 



