Native American courtship and marriage /

Gourse, Leslie.

Native American courtship and marriage / Leslie Gourse. - Summertown, Tenn. : Native Voices, c2005. - 127 p. : ill ; 23 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Native American courtship and marriage traditions. c2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview and introduction -- Literature : love poems and folklore -- Introduction to tribal wedding customs -- Wedding customs : the Hopi -- Wedding customs : the Navajo -- Wedding customs : the story of an Eastern Cherokee bride and Minnesota Sioux bridegroom -- Wedding customs : the Iroquois -- Wedding customs : the Oglala Sioux -- Celebrations of puberty -- Dances and powwows -- Food -- Fashions, jewelry, basketry, cloth weaving, and decorations -- Postscript : divorce and remarriage.

1570671702 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781570671708

2004019648


Indians of North America--Marriage customs and rites.
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of North America--Clothing.
Courtship--History.--United States

E 78.M27 / G68 2005