How mockingbirds are : O'odham ritual orations / Donald Bahr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bahr, Donald M.

Series:

North American native peoples, past and present.

North American native peoples, past and present

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian mythology--Arizona.

Indian mythology.

Indian mythology--Mexico--Sonora (State).

Pima Indians--Arizona--Rites and ceremonies.

Pima Indians.

Pima Indians--Mexico--Sonora (State)--Rites and ceremonies.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian--Arizona.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian--Mexico--Sonora (State).

Tohono O'odham Indians--Arizona--Rites and ceremonies.

Tohono O'odham Indians.

Tohono O'odham Indians--Mexico--Sonora (State)--Rites and ceremonies.

Arizona--Social life and customs.

Arizona.

Sonora (Mexico : State)--Social life and customs.

Sonora (Mexico : State).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brilliant analysis of the power of ritual orations in a southwestern American Indian community.

Contents:

Introduction: The O'odham mockingbird texts, the background, and the argument

The origin stories behind the wine drinks

The ceremonies

The speeches

The mockingbird, big talker or rain doctor?

Summary and conclusions

Appendix 1: Two non-O'odham stories for comparison

Appendix 2: Vanyiko's matches for all of the portions of Thin Leather's speech

Appendix 3: Chart of the texts; orations and stories.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-164) and index.

ISBN:

9781438435275

1438435274

9781441697851

1441697853

OCLC:

746851476