Native American courtship and marriage traditions
Title:
Native American courtship and marriage traditions
Author:
Gourse, Leslie.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Hippocrene Books, [2000]
©2000
Physical Description:
vi, 178 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Literature: love poems and folklore -- Introduction to tribal wedding customs -- Tribal wedding customs: the Hopi -- Tribal wedding customs: the Navajo -- Tribal wedding customs: the story of an Eastern Cherokee bride and a Minnesota Sioux bridegroom -- Tribal wedding customs: the Iroquois -- Tribal wedding customs: the Oglala Sioux -- Celebrations of puberty -- Dances and powwows -- Food -- Fashions, jewelry, basketry, cloth weaving, and decorations -- Postscript: divorce and remarriage.
ISBN:
9780781807685
Format :
Book
