INDEX 



521 



Saddles, 259 



Sage, 170, 202, 267, 307, 313, 317, 320, 

 326. 332, 333, 341, 342, 345, 346, 

 361, 364, 368, 369, 379, 380, 391. 

 412, 428, 438, 444, 454, 458, 465 

 hair, used in celebrations, 466 



Sand Creek, 150, 151 



Sandgrass, 440, 445 



Sanger area, 3, 339 

 sites 2 56 



Sanish, N. Dak., 30, 36, 256, 360, 361 



Santee Sioux, 91, 92, 389 



Saskatchewan River, 301 



Saulier (Awaxawi), 16 



Saulteurs, see Awaxawi. 



"Savior of the Village," 458 



Scaffolds, building of, 171 

 corn, 307, 436 

 drying, 47, 55, 323, 329 

 for the dead, 31, 76, 109, 169, 170, 

 171. 172, 243, 262, 269, 278, 283, 

 305. 320, 322, 330, 331, 419, 444 



Scalping, 279, 306 



Scalps, 43, 48, 62, 63, 110, 121, 122, 125, 

 132, 137, 1&4, 156, 223, 230, 233, 

 235, 240, 241, 243, 244, 245, 249, 

 254, 255, 258, 263, 264, 270, 277, 

 278, 279, 280, 299, 306, 317, 322, 

 329, 332, 336, 345, 347, 375, 376, 

 377, 378, 379, 384, 394, 395. 399, 

 403, 404, 406, 407, 410, 425, 432, 

 434, 473 

 segments of, 279, 280 

 sticks foi', carried by leaders, 279 



Scarf, horsehair, 380 



Scattercorn, Indian woman, 206 



Scattered site, 478, 484 



Scattered village (Awatixa), 5, 228, 485 



Schoolcraft, Henry R., 3, 10 



Schultz sites, 213, 480, 483 



Scouts, Indian, 44, 50, 52, 53, .54, 60, 

 135, 137, 146, 162, 186, 187, 188, 

 189, 221, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228. 

 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 235, 238. 

 245, 246, 253, 255, 256, 259, 264, 

 265, 272, 273, 276, 279, 299, 307, 

 351, 376, 377, 393. 395, 396, 412. 

 415, 422, 423, 434, 439, 440, 442, 

 472 



Scraper, elk horn, 396 



Seats, 160 



Self-torture, 52, 55, 59, 73, 76, 116, 191, 

 193, 219, 231, 237, 247, 254, 261, 

 264, 266, 270, 274, 277, 284, 311, 

 319 

 by mourners, 172, 234, 243, 270 

 by suspension, 55, 391 

 stakes for, 228 

 See also Thongs. 



Sentinel Butte, 351 



Seven Bears, Indian man, 256, 380 



Seven Dogs, Awatixa man, 327 



Sewing, 104, 131, 132 



Sex, 154 



basis of lineage, 90, 97 

 dichotomy, 105, 110. 132 

 expression, 286 

 Sexual relations, 195, 198 



ceremonial, 271, 451, 454 

 forced, 134 

 instruction in, 104 

 licenses with, 182, 232, 455, 462 

 restrictions on, 110 

 results of, 455, 461 

 Sheep, mountain, 325, 410 

 Shell Creek, 21, 30, 254, 469 



section of reservation, 45 

 Shell Robe, of the Mandan, 406 

 Shell Robe, property of Prairie Chicken 



Clan, 31 

 Shell village, 487 

 Shelter, brush, 306 

 ceremonial, 316 

 temporary, 232 

 Shermer site, N. Dak., 478. 479, 483 

 Sheyenne River, 22, 23, 213, 294, 480, 

 482, 483, 488 

 region of, 213, 214 

 Shields, 351, 366, 389, 411, 412 

 Shirts, 228, 234, 235, 237, 238, 240, 280, 

 403 

 decorated, 190, 279, 280, 329 

 Short Bull, Indian man, 142, 406 

 Short Missouri, 246, 335, 336, 346, 356, 



359, 372 

 Shoshoni Indians, 95, 431 

 Shot-in-Nose Creek, 269 

 Shrines, 331, 333 

 household, 307 

 Sun Bundle, 475 

 Sibley Island, 485 

 Siblings, 130, 279, 381 



relationships between, 71, 81, 90, 93, 

 95, 97 

 Sign language, 253 

 Signpost, 253 

 Signs, belief in, 235, 238 

 Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. Hal O., in 

 Singer Butte, 12 (map), 434, 436 

 Singers, 179, 180-192, 200-203, 207, 208, 

 266, 300, 302, 310, 312, 317-320, 

 324, 329, 341, 344, 351, 353, 354, 

 383, 397, 407, 427-429, 434, 437, 

 439, 442, 445, 446, 458, 459, 461 

 Singing, 135, 316, 344, 353, 379, 404, 405, 



406, 407, 419, 443 

 Singing Butte, 12 (map), 435 

 Sioux Indians, 14, 17, 20, 24, 35, 36, 40, 

 41, 43, 56, 57, 58, 62, 93, 125. 134, 

 150, 151, 1.56, 179, 191, 211, 215, 

 216, 217, 218, 219, 221, 230, 236, 

 238, 239, 240, 242, 243, 247, 251, 

 256, 259, 268, 274, 276, 277, 278, 

 283, 301, 310, 315, 322, 327, 384, 

 393, 402, 425, 456, 472, 473, 477, 

 485, 486, 487, 489 

 wars, 218 



