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The Sun Dance Of The Shoshone-Bannock: A Study In Integration, William W. Gerritsen

Anthropology ETDs

The Sun Dance of the Plains appeared in Idaho late in the nineteenth century. Fort Hall Shoshone had borrowed this complex rite from kinsmen in Wyoming. In spite of its foreign origin and somewhat alien spirit, the Sun Dance was enthusiastically received and soon overshadowed all other ceremonies. It now constitutes the paramount expression of tribal religion.

The introduction of the Sun Dance initiated a period of reorientation in Native religion. Considerable group effort was required to conduct the ceremony, and participation temporarily obliterated band distinctions. New leaders with knowledge of esoteric Sun Dance lore emerged from the ranks of …

The Glaze Paint Ceramics Of Pottery Mound, New Mexico, Charles B. Voll

Anthropology ETDs

The problems which this thesis examines are:

1. The relationship of glaze-paint ceramics at Pottery Mound to the glaze-paint ceramics of the Rio Grande Valley.

2. The relationship of glaze-paint ceramics at Pottery Mound to the glaze-paint ceramics of the Acoma-Zuni area.

3. The description and typology of glaze-paint ceramics at Pottery Mound.

4. The time and period of occupation of Pottery Mound.