INDIA'. 



147 



Pipe bags, 65. 



Pipes, 7f>; use in ceremonies, 119. 

 Plains Indian Hall, plan of, 3. 

 Plains tribes, political divisions of, 



83; range of, 18; typical, 17, 



18, 29. 

 Plateau tribes, 17. 

 Polygamy, 86-87. 

 Pottery, 69. 

 Pounders, stone-headed, 27. 



Quill embroidery, 

 Quirts, 34. 



121. 



Rack, for drying meat, 26. 



Rawhide, use of, 34, 60. 



Regalia, used by various societies, 



93. 

 Religious concepts, 100-102. 

 Riding gear, 34. 

 Robes, made of skins, 41. 



Saddle bags, 68. 



Saddles, 34, 60. 



Sand paintings, 118. 



Scalp dance, 117. 



Scrapers, for dressing skins, 56, 57, 

 74. 



Sewing, 60. 



Shahaptian language, 128. 



Shelter, 35-41; for sun dance, 113. 



Shield, of buffalo hide, 77, 78. 



Shirts, scalp, 44-46. 



Shoshonean language, 128. 



Sign language, 130-131, 141. 



Siouan language, 128. 



Skin dressing, 52-59. 



Sled, use of, 33. 



Social, distinction, 95-96; organiza- 

 tion, 82-96. 



Societies, 89-95; origins off 91-92. 



Soldier bands, 89-91. 



Soldiers, 16, 86. 

 Soldier societies, 91, 92. 

 Songs, 102, 117, 118. 

 Spoons, of buffalo horn, 71-72. 

 Stature, of Plains Indians, 135-136; 



138. 

 Stirrups, 34. 



Stones, used in boiling food, 69-71. 

 Strike-a-light pouch, 66, 67. 

 Sun dance, 16, 79, 103, 108, 109- 



113; bundle, 75. 

 Sun pole, 112. 

 Sunwise movements, 118. 

 Supernatural helper, 102-103. 

 Sweat house, 118. 

 Symbolism, in art, 122-125. 



Taboos, 102. 



Tailoring, 59-60. 



Taimay image, 105. 



Textiles, 52. 



Thunder bird, 100. 



Tipi, construction of, 35-36. 



Tobacco, ceremonies for planting, 



109; cultivation of, 29, 77. 

 Tools, primitive, 74. 

 Torture, in sun dance, 112. 

 Transportation, 29-34. 

 Travois, 30, 31-33, 34. 



Vegetable foods, 19, 29. 

 Village tribes, 17. 

 Visions, 102, 103. 



War, 77; bundles, 105, 107; dance, 

 117; deeds, 94, 95-96, 121; 

 record, 94-95. 



Weapons, 77-78. 



Weaving, 52. 



Women's clothing, 46-48. 



Women's societies, 93-95. 



