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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781775603321

Autore

Bahr Donald M

Titolo

How mockingbirds are [[electronic resource] ] : O'odham ritual orations / / Donald Bahr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4384-3527-4

1-4416-9785-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

North American native peoples, past and present

Disciplina

979.1004/974552

Soggetti

Indian mythology - Arizona

Indian mythology - Mexico - Sonora (State)

Pima Indians - Arizona - Rites and ceremonies

Pima Indians - Mexico - Sonora (State) - Rites and ceremonies

Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian - Arizona

Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian - Mexico - Sonora (State)

Tohono O'odham Indians - Arizona - Rites and ceremonies

Tohono O'odham Indians - Mexico - Sonora (State) - Rites and ceremonies

Arizona Social life and customs

Sonora (Mexico : State) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-164) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The O'odham mockingbird texts, the background, and the argument -- The origin stories behind the wine drinks -- The ceremonies -- The speeches -- The mockingbird, big talker or rain doctor? -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix 1: Two non-O'odham stories for comparison -- Appendix 2: Vanyiko's matches for all of the portions of Thin Leather's speech -- Appendix 3: Chart of the texts; orations and stories.