Kiowa Calendars and the Search for Sacred Power

This article explores Kiowa sai-gut, or calendars produced in the 1880s and 1890s to show how makers used material culture to represent new ritual practices as both broadly indigenous and particularly Kiowa. Using calendars as one form of Kiowa cultural expression, the article considers how Kiowas n...

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Main Author: Graber, Jennifer 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2017]
In: Material religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 13, Issue: 3, Pages: 354-375
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kiowa Indians / Calendar / The Holy / Magic
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BB Indigenous religions
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Sun Dance
B Ghost Dance
B Peyote
B Kiowa Indians
B NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIONS
B westward expansion
B Christian Missions
B Native American Christianity
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)