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Skunk Hill : a Native ceremonial community in Wisconsin /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Birmingham, Robert A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2015]
Edition:1st edition.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Wisconsin > Wood County > History.
Indians of North America > Wisconsin > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of North America > Wisconsin > Ethnic identity.
Potawatomi Indians > Ethnic identity.
Potawatomi Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Potawatomi Indians > History.
Wood County (Wis.) > History.
Wood County (Wis.) > Social life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: a storm over Powers Bluff
  • Skunk Hill (Tah-qua-kik)
  • Treaties, removals, and the great suppression
  • New hope: the drum dance
  • The spread of the drum dance
  • The Skunk Hill ceremonial community
  • Skunk Hill in history and today
  • Appendix 1: Data for Skunk Hill and vicinity from the thirteenth census of the United States, 1910, special inquiries relating to Indians, Arpin Township, Wood County, Wisconsin , with notes by the author
  • Appendix 2: Roll of Prairie Potawatomi with reservation allotments living in Wisconsin circa 1918, with notes by the author.