INDEX 



L63 



Material culture, 21 86 



Mauls, stone, 27, 80. 



Medicine bundles, 109 1 1 I: trans- 

 fer of, 113. 



Medicine-pipe, 81, L10, 111. 113. 



Medicines, individual, L08 1 L0. 



Migration legends, 106, 155. 



Mittens, 17. 



Moccasins, designs on, 102, 127, 

 L28, L29j types of, 13-45. 



Morningstar, sacrifice to the, 116. 



Mortars, rawhide, 29. 



Mounds, 150. 



Musical instruments, in cere- 

 monies. 126. 



Mythology, 103-106. 



Names, manner of giving, 92. 

 Navel cord, preservation of, 92. 

 Needles, 64. 



( >ni;iha dance, 122, 123. 

 Okipa, 119; drums, 110. 

 Origins, 154-157. 



Paint bags, distribution, 71-73. 

 Painting, of the body, 54; for 



ceremonies, 126. 

 Parfleche, 65-67. 

 Pemmican, 27-29. 

 Personal adornment, 54. 

 Peyote worship, 122-123. 

 Physical type, 12, 139-145. 

 Pictographic art, 132. 

 Picture writing, 101. 

 Pipe bags. 70. 

 Pipes, 81-82; use in ceremonies, 



126. 

 Plains Indian Hall, man of, 3. 

 Plains tribes, political divisions 



ol, 87-89; range of, 13, 14, 15, 



20; typical 14, 19. 



Plateau bribes, 15, 19, 20. 



Police, camp, 9 I. 



Political divisions, Plains tribes, 



87 89 organizat ion. 93 

 Polygamy, 91. 



Population, Plains Indian. 139, 1 13. 

 Pottery, 74, 76, 77, 86, 150. 

 Pounders, stone-headed, 29. 

 Pre-Columbian period, of Plains 



culture, 148-151. 

 Property, ownership of, 99-101. 



Quill embroidery, 127-128. 

 Quirts, 36. 



Hack, for drying meat, 28. 



Rawhide, use of, 29, 36, 56, 64, 

 65, 67. 



Realistic art. 130, 132. 



Regalia, grass dance, 123; used by 

 societies, 98. 



Religion, 103-126. 



Religious concepts, 106-108. 



Reservation period, of Plains cul- 

 ture, 147, 153. 



Riding gear, 35-36. 



Rituals, demonstration of, 125; 

 for medicine bundles, 113-114. 



Robes, of skins, 42-44. 



Saddle, bags, 73; blankets, 36. 

 Saddles, types of, 35. 

 Sand paintings, 125. 

 Scalp, dance, 124; taking, 101. 

 Scrapers, skin-dressing, 61-62. 

 Sewing, 64-65. 

 Shahaptian language, 135. 

 Shamans, 108-109, 146. 

 Shields, buffalo hide, 82-83. 

 Shirts, distribution of use, 47; 



scalp, 46-47. 

 Shoshonean language, 135. 



