Native American courtship and marriage traditions

Format:

Book

Title:

Native American courtship and marriage traditions

Author:

Gourse, Leslie.

ISBN:

9780781807685

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

vi, 178 pages ; 23 cm

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.

Summary:

"Author Leslie Gourse has created a helpful guide for adapting and incorporating traditional Native American marriage customs into today's modern weddings. Descriptions of weddings of the Hopi, Lakota, Iroquois, Oglala, and others provide a historic sense of Native traditions. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Subject(s):

Indians of North America -- Marriage customs and rites.

Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies.

Indians of North America -- Clothing.

Courtship -- United States -- History.

Geographic Term:

United States.

Genre:

History.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Salem Main Library	970.661 Gourse 2000	Searching... Unknown

Bound With These Titles

On Order

Summary

This informative and fascinating book is the perfect resource for brides and grooms who want to learn about Native American courtship and marriage customs from centuries past. Helpful ideas and hints throughout explain how to incorporate traditions into a modern day wedding ceremony. Among the Native American tribes represented: Shinnecock; Chippewa/Ojibwa; Crow; Cherokee; Powhatan; Apache; Navajo; Sioux (Dakota Sioux, Teton Sioux, Lakota Sioux, Oglala Sioux).

Author Notes

Leslie Gourse is author of numerous books, and a specialist in music biographies and jazz histories

1 Overview and Introduction	p. 1
2 Literature--Love Poems and Folklore	p. 21
Introduction to Tribal Wedding Customs	p. 49
3 Tribal Wedding Customs--The Hopi	p. 53
4 Tribal Wedding Customs--The Navajo	p. 61
5 Tribal Wedding Customs-- The Story of an Eastern Cherokee Bride and a Minnesota Sioux Bridegroom	p. 69
6 Tribal Wedding Customs--The Iroquois	p. 75
7 Tribal Wedding Customs--The Oglala Sioux	p. 81
8 Celebrations of Puberty	p. 91
9 Dances and Powwows	p. 115
10 Food	p. 129
11 Fashions, Jewelry, Basketry, Cloth Weaving, and Decorations	p. 148
Post Script--Divorce and Remarriage	p. 159
Bibliography and Information Resources	p. 163
Index	p. 167

Available:*

Bound With These Titles

On Order

Summary

Summary

Author Notes

Table of Contents