At the Font of the Marvelous: Exploring Oral Narrative and Mythic Imagery of the Iroquois and Their Neighbors

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183 Index Aataensic, 62. See also Sky Woman Abanakis, 118 age-area hypothesis, xxiv–xxv. See also diffusionism Agreskwe, 61, 65–67, 65n. 6, 66n. 7. See also Sky Holder, as god of war Ahenakew, Edward, 72 Aireskuoni, 60–61 Algonquians: beliefs of, 52, 72–73, 77, 96, 98 101, 107–8; distribution of, xix, 69, 108; lifeways of, xix, 112–13; shaking tent, 84 Algonquins, xvii, xix, 69, 82n. 5, 125 Anishnaabeg, xix, 4n. 2. See also Chippewa-Ojibwa Arapahos, 11, 47, 50 archaeological record, 6, 116–18, 122, 135–39, 135n. 3, 145; reflects oral narrative , xiv, xxx, 1–2, 115, 148, 150. See also archaeological sites; pipes, effigy; pottery, effigy archaeological sites: Brunk, 136; Buffam Street, 31n. 4; Buyea, 136; Dawson, 120; Dougherty, 120; Erie, 20, 31n. 4; Nichols Pond, 119; Olcott, 137, 144; Roebuck, 120; Vaillancourt, 137–38, 144. See also Kienuka Arikaras, 11, 47 Armstrong, John, 7n. 7 Assiniboines, 47 Bahr, Donald, 4 Barbeau, C. Marius, 133 Barnouw, Victor, 79, 85–86 Barton, Benjamin, 28 Beauchamp, William M., xxi, 54, 101n. 2, 102n. 3 Beck, Horace P., 71, 78n. 3 Bierhorst, John, 5, 111 Big Dipper, xxvi, 2, 8; apparent movement of, 8; as dancing boys, 10; as hunted bear, 8; as stretcher, 10, 12 Bishop, Charles A., 72n. 2 Blackfeet, 11, 47 Blacksmith, Jacob, 28 Blackwood, Algernon, 75 Boas, Franz, xxii, xxiv, xxvi, 50 Brébeuf, Jean de, 55, 62, 124 Brightman, Robert A., 70, 72–73, 96 Brown, Jennifer S. H., 70 Buck, John and Joshua, 54n. 2 Caddos, 11, 47, 50 Callicott, J. Baird, 96 Italic page number denotes illustration. 184 | Index Canfield, William W., xxv cannibal giant, xiv, 69–71, 74–76, 96, 98, 104, 107–8, 111, 151. See also stone giants; Windigo Cat Nation, 19–20, 32; as Neutrals, 30, 31n. 3. See also Eries Cayugas, xix, 24–25, 67, 117, 127, 129 Ceci, Lynn, 1, 4, 5n. 3, 11 Cervone, Gian Carlo, 142 Chafe, Wallace L., 149 Charlevoix, Pierre, 31n. 3, 58, 60 Chenoo. See cannibal giant Cherokees, xiii, 3, 6n. 4, 9, 11, 18n. 1, 29, 47 Cheyennes, 11 Chippewa-Ojibwa, xvii, xix, xxix, 45, 50–51, 69, 71, 73, 75–76, 82–84, 90 Cone, Mr., 27 Converse, Harriet Maxwell, xxv Cooper, John M., 76 cornhusk people, xiv, 141, 141n. 5, 146–47 Creeks, 47 Crees, xvii, xx, 9, 50, 69, 71, 73, 82–83, 89–90, 109n. 4 Crossing-water-on-a-snake (story type), xxviii, 49, 52, 150; as whale-boat motif, 50 Crouse, Dorothy, 102n. 3 Crows, 11 culture (definition of), 73 Curtin, Jeremiah, xxii, 100n. 1, 101n. 2, 102n. 3 Cusick, David, xxi, 34, 40, 43, 53, 127–29, 131 Dablon, Claude, 19, 53n. 1, 56n. 4 Dean, James, 53n. 1, 58, 63 Dearborn, Henry, 27 Deganawi'da, 10; motif, 88 Delawares, xvii, xix, 4, 50, 110 diffusionism, xxx, 9 direct historical approach, 116 Edmonson, Munro S., 7 effigies. See pipes, effigy; pottery, effigy Eries, xxvii, 15, 17, 18n. 1, 19, 31n. 3, 117; war with Iroquois, 19–20, 34–35 False Face masks, 139, 148 feast of the dead. See Ohgi:we ceremony Fenton, William N., 2, 10, 54, 55n. 3, 125, 128, 148 Finlayson, William D., 126 Fisher, Margaret W., 83 Flannery, Regina, 70, 79 Flint, xxviii, 55, 58–59, 68. See also Sky Holder Fogelson, Raymond D., 69, 72n. 2, 94 folklore, Algonquian, xiv, xxviii, 9–10, 52, 69, 78, 82–83, 94, 96, 98, 107, 112–13, 151. See also Friendly Visitor; Gluskap; Manibozho; Windigo folklore, Iroquois, 151; characteristics of, xxix–xxx, 133; European and EuroAmerican attitudes toward, xx; Great Blue Lizard, 46; sources of, xxi–xxii; story patterns, 29–32, 99–102; study of, xiii; themes of, 12–13, 29–30, 103, 113, 128, 130–33; Victorian parlor genre of, xxv; women in, xxix–xxx, 103. See also cornhusk people; Sky Holder; stone giants folklore, Midwest, xxi, 50–51, 104–6 folklore, New England, 50, 106–8 folklore, Plains, 10–11, 47–48, 50–51 folklore, Southeast, xxviii, 5, 45–48, 50, 52 Index | 185 folktale (definition of), xv Foxes, xvii, xix Friendly Visitor (story type), xv, xxiii, xxix–xxx, 93–94, 97–99, 112–13, 151 Garakontié, 65 Gibson, John Arthur, xxi, 54n. 2, 59 Gluskap, xiv, 51 Goddard, Ives. 65n. 6, 66n. 7 grandmother. See Aataensic; Sky Holder, as ruler with grandmother; Sky Woman...