INDEX 



Addih-Haddisch, Indian name for Road- 

 maker, 375 

 Adoption Pipe fraternity, 48 

 Adoptions, ceremonial, 7, 48, 49, 103, 172 

 expeditions, 49 

 "father and son," 48, 91, 92 

 of prisoners, 95, 167 

 presents for, 48 

 rites, 91 

 Aged, care of, 164 



Age-grade system, 4, 7, 26, 32, 44, 91, 

 163, 174-212, 250, 337 

 announcer, 131 

 group, 54, 62, 63, 93, 175, 201, 250, 



403, 417 

 purchases, 106, 124, 157, 178, 182, 



209 290 455 

 sequence, 176, 179, 188, 199, 222 

 Agriculture, 11, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 27, 

 32, 174, 178, 200, 213, 215, 217, 

 302, 336, 344, 430, 479, 482, 486, 

 487, 489 

 abandoned by Indians, 154, 287, 338 

 adopted by Hidatsa, 11, 16, 18, 23, 



37, 59, 64, 302, 342 

 gardens, 46, 52, 57, 59, 62, 75, 104, 

 106, 110, 114, 117-119, 128, 132, 

 136, 138, 142, 157, 161, 167, 191, 

 201, 204, 205, 210, 247, 276, 293, 

 297, 298, 300, 301, 334, 335, 336, 

 338, 339, 340, 343, 347, 363, 390, 

 415, 430, 439, 440, 464, 465, 466 

 rites, 104, 138, 209 

 Ahnahaway, see Hidatsa. 

 Alien groups, visits of, 48, 49 

 All-Comes-Out, Indian woman, 147, 148 

 All Difeerent, 98 (chart), 100 (chart) 

 Amahami, see Hidatsa. 

 Ammunition, 142, 147 

 Animals, freeing of, 197 



imprisonment of, 196 

 Ankles, painted black, 317 

 Antelope, 53, 226, 227, 399, 449, 451 



hide, 336, 345 

 Antelope Woman, Indian woman, 147 



148 

 Ant hill, 470, 471 

 Apologies, offering of, 189 

 Appearing Coyote, Indian man, 422, 424, 



425 

 Aprons, tanned leather, 317 

 Archeological records, 16, 23, 30, 477, 



486, 488 

 Arm, ceremonial stroking of, 451 



Arikara Indians, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 20, 24, 

 28, 29, 36, 37, 40, 41, 67, 74, 135, 

 162, 170, 175, 179, 215, 217, 219, 

 235, 237, 2.53, 254, 260, 273, 281, 



370, 443, 476, 477, 478, 480, 484, 

 485, 488 



Arrow, Sacred, 166, 196, 228, 245, 253, 

 254, 286, 290, 291, 292 (fig.), 

 303, 304, 306-308, 312, 322, 335, 

 345, 348, 349, 350, 356, 360, 361, 



371, 372, 374, 481 

 myth of, 64, 303-308 



Arrows, 120, 130, 131, 1.57, 188, 239, 2-53, 

 254, 260, 277, 286, 291, 304, 305, 

 306, 310, 322, 336, 345, 349, 356, 

 357, 359, 3G0, 372, 374, 380, 411, 

 412, 414, 420, 422, 423, 424, 425, 

 426, 453, 470 

 holy, 349, 350 

 iron-headed, 301 

 peeled, 453 

 points, 350, 360 

 stone-headed, 301 

 with bark on, 453 

 Arzsberger site, 479, 480 

 Ash, trees, 325 



poles, digging sticks, 16G, 409 

 sticks, ceremonial, 326 

 wood clubs, 328 

 Assiniboin Indians, 5, 10, 11, 14, 21, 27, 

 30, 40, 56, 62, 92, 93, 164, 191, 192, 



215, 217, 218, 253, 254, 255, 256. 

 258, 2.59, 260, 276, 287, 295, 30a, 

 375, 425, 434, 489 



Atutlsh area, 480, 481, 483 

 Awatixa Indians, viii, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 

 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 

 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 43, 45, 66, 70, 127, 

 159, 177, 178, 214, 215, 225, 233, 

 249, 256, 257, 275, 287, 293, 294, 

 300, 301, 302, 303, 309, 312, 327, 

 330, 331, 332, 342, 375, 400, 452, 

 463, 466, 467, 469, 470, 473, 474, 

 475, 481, 482, 486, 487, 488, 489 



council, 28 (list) 



traditions, 21, 22 



village, V, 2, 3, 5, 17, 31, 32, 33, 68, 

 70, 74, 95, 100, 127, 169, 170, 174, 

 176, 178, 180, 181, 182, 183, 197, 



216, 245, 260, 293, 296, 303, 304, 

 308, 309, 312, 320, 341, 356, 361, 

 363, 371, 374, 377, 379, 380, 382, 

 412, 429, 431, 434, 442, 452, 467, 

 469, 470, 471, 473, 474, 476, 482 



village groups, 27, 179, 200, 441 



495 



