Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House
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Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House

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Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House

About this book

During his last years ethnohistorian Frank G. Speck turned to the study of Iroquois ceremonialism. This 1950 book investigates the religious rites of the Cayuga tribe, one of six in the Iroquois confederation that occupied upstate New York until the American Revolution. In the 1930s and the 1940s Frank Speck observed the Midwinter Ceremony, the Cayuga thanksgiving for the blessings of life and health, performed in long houses on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario.

Collaborating with Alexander General (Deskáheh), the noted Cayuga chief, Speck describes vividly the rites and dances giving thanks to all spiritual entities. Of special interest are the medicine societies that not only prescribed herbs but used powerfully evocative masks in treating the underlying causes of sickness.

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  3. LIST OF PLATES
  4. LIST OF TABLES
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. PHONETIC NOTE
  7. PART ONE. RELIGIOUS FRAMEWORK OF CAYUGA CULTURE
  8. I. THE SOUR SPRINGS LONG HOUSE
  9. II. COMPLEMENTARY DUAL FUNCTIONING OF THE MOIETIES AND SEX DIVISIONS IN CAYUGA CEREMONIAL-SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
  10. III CONTROLLING SPIRIT FORCES
  11. IV THE ANNUAL CEREMONIAL CYCLE
  12. V. CEREMONIAL OFFICIARIES, FOODS, INSTRUMENTS, AND COSTUMES
  13. PART TWO. THE MIDWINTER CEREMONY
  14. VI. TIMING AND PREPARATORY RITES OF THE MIDWINTER CEREMONY
  15. VII. THE MEDICINE SOCIETIES
  16. VIII. THE RESTRICTED MEDICINE SOCIETIES AND THEIR RITES
  17. IX. THE UNRESTRICTED SOCIETIES; CURING RITES AND DANCES
  18. X. THE FOUR SACRED CEREMONIAL RITES
  19. XI. WORSHIP RITES ADDRESSED TO FOOD SPIRITS
  20. XII. SOCIAL DANCES
  21. XIII. FAMILY CONDOLENCE RITE OF THE SOUR SPRINGS BAND
  22. FINAL THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS IN RETROSPECT
  23. APPENDIX I
  24. APPENDIX II
  25. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  26. INDEX
  27. PLATES

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Information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Year
2017
Topic
Social Sciences
Print ISBN
9781512813791
9781512813791
Subtopic
Native American Studies
eBook ISBN
9781512818796
Index
Social Sciences

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