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The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Radin, Paul.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Winnebago Indians.
- Peyotism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waipu : Borodino Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- Sam Blowsnake (S.B.) was a member of the Winnebago tribe. In this autobiography, translated into English by Dr. Paul Radin, Crashing Thunder describes the life, ways, acculturation, and the peyote cult of his people. He tells about his brother-in-law the shaman, adolescence, initiation into the Medicine Dance, marriage and sexual proximity, entry into the white man's world, traveling with a circus, alcoholism, desire to count coup, the ensuing murder of a Pottawattomie, trial and jail, and his release on a technicality.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI.
- ISBN:
- 9781789121032
- 1789121035
- OCLC:
- 1132386774
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