Indians of North America-social life and customs.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Buster Degraftenreid. Belle Kilgore, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-9 32
Scope and Contents
Describes the few days Buster lived with the Indians.
Dates:
1936-1940
Custom - Arapahoe Indian Grief. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-9 22
Scope and Contents
Traditions of showing grief for those who had died.
Dates:
1936-1940
Indian - colored arrows. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-9 23
Scope and Contents
Describes how colored arrows are used to identify game on a hunt.
Dates:
1936-1940
The reason Indian scouts wore long hair. Frances Totty, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-9 19
Scope and Contents
Indians feel long hair is an indication of how brave a man is and believe that a man who wears short hair is a coward.
Dates:
1936-1940
Why the Indians' hair stays black. Muriel Haskell, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 4-4-12 1
Scope and Contents
Describes the hair washing customs among the Taos Indians.
Dates:
1936-1940