Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri: Edited with Notes and Biographical SketchDenig, Edwin Thompson
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Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri: Edited with Notes and Biographical Sketch
Denig, Edwin Thompson
Assiniboine Indians; Indians of North America -- Missouri River Valley
FUR TRADE, _See_ TRADE; COMMERCE
FUTURE LIFE, belief in 418
GAMBLING—
among women 569-570
games used for 567-570
infatuation for 567
losses in 569
_See also_ BETTING
GAME—
abundance of 460
discussion of diminution of 460-530
division of, after hunt 456, 531, 533-534, 539
laws regarding 455-456
of the upper Missouri 410-411
GAMES, of the Indians 565-566
GENS DES CANOTS, an Assiniboin band 430
GENS DES FILLES, an Assiniboin band 430
GENS DES ROCHES, an Assiniboin band 430
GENS DU GAUCHE, an Assiniboin band 430
GENS DU LAC, an Assiniboin band 430
GENS DU NORD, an Assiniboin band 430
GHOSTS, beliefs concerning 493, 494
GIFTS—
compensation expected for 600
for treatment of the sick 424
return of 475
GIRLS, ASSINIBOIN, characteristics of 444
GOVERNMENT, Assiniboin 435, 445-446
_See also_ CHIEFS; CHIEFTAINSHIP;
TRIBAL ORGANIZATION
GRAVES—
not marked 572, 576
GRAZING, on the plains 408
GREETINGS, of the Indians 524
GROS VENTRES—
ceremonial scarification of 490
self-torture of 522
women and children spared by 551
GROS VENTRES OF THE PRAIRIE—
migration of 405
once Arapaho 405
GUNS, manner of using 555
HABITAT, of the Assiniboin 406-410
HAIR—
symbolism of, when decorating clothing 560
HAIRDRESSING 554
HANDGAME, description of 569
HAYDEN, F. V.—
Denig manuscript used by 380
Denig's vocabulary mentioned by 382
HEAD CHIEF, duties of 441
HORSE RACES, trickery in 566
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