Project Gutenberg 2015-04-04 Public domain in the USA. 247 Dorsey, James Owen 1848 1895 Dorsey, J. Owen (James Owen) A Study of Siouan Cults Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544 Produced by Colin M. Kendall, PM for Bureau of American Ethnology, The Internet Archive (American Libraries), and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr.) "A Study of Siouan Cults" by James Owen Dorsey is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book explores the religious beliefs and practices of various Siouan tribes, including the Omaha and Ponka, focusing on their systems of worship and the associated rituals. It likely provides extensive ethnographic details, definitions, and critical evaluations of the cults within these tribal communities. At the start of the work, Dorsey introduces essential concepts, offering definitions for key terms such as "cult" and "Siouan," while outlining the tribes he will cover. He provides background on his own experiences among these groups, emphasizing the importance of gathering information directly from the Indigenous peoples themselves. The text also critiques the notion of a singular "Great Spirit" in Siouan beliefs, suggesting the need for a nuanced understanding of their spiritual frameworks and how they classify various phenomena as "human" or "superhuman." This introduction sets the stage for a detailed examination of the diverse beliefs, rituals, and symbols intertwined in Siouan religious practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Siouan Indians -- Religion E011 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: History - Religious Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Religion/Spirituality 764923 2025-06-19T13:30:08.954058 text/html 763062 2024-10-24T17:13:50 text/html 1451243 2025-06-19T13:30:25.138507 application/epub+zip 1456731 2025-06-19T13:30:12.167058 application/epub+zip 301544 2025-06-19T13:30:10.686995 application/epub+zip 1686073 2025-06-19T13:30:33.314390 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1645688 2025-06-19T13:30:23.327440 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 497313 2022-09-22T05:47:34.954559 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 622955 2025-06-19T13:30:06.571020 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 602896 2024-10-24T17:13:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16731 2025-06-19T13:30:33.507407 application/rdf+xml 6468 2025-06-19T13:30:10.869018 image/jpeg 1204 2025-06-19T13:30:10.778013 image/jpeg 1375076 2025-06-19T13:30:09.148077 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia