Catlin's O-kee-pa: Mandan Culture and Ceremonial. The George Catlin O-kee-pa Manuscripts in the British Museum

From: Plains Anthropologist | Date: August 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Catlin's Glee-pa: Mandan Culture and Ceremonial. The George Catlin O-pa Manuscripts in the British Museum. By COLIN F. TAYLOR Foreword by W. Raymond Wood. Verlag fur Amerikanistik D. Kruegler, Wyk, Germany. 174 pp., figures, plates. $83.00 (cloth).

Of all Plains Indian religious ceremonies, the Okipa (Catlin's O-kee-pa) is one of the most widely known. Unlike the Sun Dance, which was shared by many tribes and is perhaps the most noted Plains ceremony, the Okipa was specific to the Mandan tribe. Both an enactment of Mandan mythology and a buffalo-calling rite, the annual performance of the ...

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