Games of the North American Indians, Volume 1: Games of Chance

by Stewart Culin

Book Overview

Games figured prominently in the myths of North American Indian tribes, and also in their ceremonies for bringing rain and fertility and combating misfortune. In his classic study, originally published in 1907 as a report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Stewart Culin divided the games played by Indian men and women into two general types.

Volume 1 of this Bison Books edition takes up games of chance, involving guessing and throwing dice. Culin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803263554
• ISBN13: 9780803263550
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.3"