The Hako: Song, Pipe and Unity in a Pawnee Calumet Ceremony

by Alice C. Fletcher, James R. Murie, Edwin S. Tracy

Book Overview

One of the more complex and widespread rituals practiced by Native American groups focused on the calumet, a sacred pipe with a feathered shaft. The Calumet Ceremony was a powerful ritual through which members of another tribe were adopted. It also promoted social unity within tribes and facilitated contact and trade between them. Perhaps the most detailed description of a Calumet Ceremony was recorded near the turn of the century by ethnographer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803268890
• ISBN13: 9780803268890
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Bison
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"