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acculturation, xxviii, 4, 6 actual world, as compared to virtual world in interpretation, 78–82, 104, 107, 165 Adair, James, 160 affective element in prophecy, 49, 50 agriculture. See farming Allen, Sally, xiv, 1, 41–42, 52–56, 66, 69, 74–76, 102, 186–87, 192–93 alikchi. See doctor, Choctaw ambiguity of prophecy, 56–57, 81, 133; with respect to origins and prophets, 125. See also vagueness of prophecy American Indian prophecy, 2–12, 198; comparison to Choctaw prophecy, 3, 12; contemporary tradition 10; historical tradition, 3–9. See also individual tribes Amos, Billy, xi, xxv, 1, 43–52, 55, 61, 63, 66, 68–70, 135–40, 142–43, 167, 180, 192–95, 197–98 Amos, Wagonner, 199–200 Anderson, Greg, 85, 89 Anderson, Odie, xi, 24–25, 28, 107, 118– 19, 165, 181, 197 arts, material, xxiv arts, verbal. See verbal art assimilation, historic, xxiii–xxiv atomic bomb. See nuclear bomb attribution: of Choctaw prophecy, 31–36, 48, 57, 102–3, 122, 125, 168; of Choctaw stories, 26 audience: for Choctaw storytelling, 23– 24, 26; relating to, in prophetic discourse , 50, 63, 100 authority: claimed through prophecy, 170; negotiated in prophecy, 112, 170 Bauman, Richard, 32–33 belief, 101; negotiated in prophecy, 33, 37–38, 53, 57–59; questioned about prophecy, 67–68, 157–59, 162–63; related to prescience, 111, 125, 132, 168, 177. See also truth Ben, Jesse, xxxv Bible, xxxii, 23, 76, 96–97, 98–99, 102, 127, 161, 166, 186–87, 200 biblical prophecy, 10, 99, 118, 171, 186– 89, 206 Bierhorst, John, 53 Billie, Judy, 1, 41–42, 69, 102 Black Elk, 8–9 Bogue Chitto, 43, 152–53, 173 bohpoli, 27, 120, 123, 124 bomb, atomic. See nuclear bomb Briggs, Charles, 110 Brightman, Robert, 7 Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 179–80 cargo cults, 68 casino, xix–xx, xxvii–xxviii, 109; as sign of ful¤llment of prophecy, 108–9, 181 Catlin, George, 116 Chahta, 114–15, 116 chant, xxiv. See also dance Cherokee Indians, 115 Index Chickasaw Indians, 115, 118 Choctaw communities, xxi, xxviii, 201. See also names of individual communities Choctaw Fair, xxiv–xxvii Choctaw Nation (Oklahoma), xxxiii Choctaw Princess Pageant, xxvi Christianity: among Choctaw, xxviii, 19– 20, 102–3, 160–62, 187–89, 206–7; in®uence on Choctaw prophecy, 118– 19, 122, 206–7; role of preacher as prophet, 126–27 Civilized Tribes, Five, xxiii Clegg, Cynthia, 28 Comby, Harold, xii, 1, 60, 79, 82, 84–92, 97–103, 116, 164, 181, 183, 205 Conehatta, 16–17, 67, 89, 173 context: contemporary, as part of narrative structure of prophecy, 48, 57–58; historical, as part of narrative structure , 36–40, 47–52, 58–59; of narrated event, 34, 48, 63; role in constructing meaning, 110. See also historical context ; performance of prophecy, context creation of prophecy, 133–55; from examples, 135–39; through interpretation of existing prophecy, 133–35; through projection of historical cycles, 148–55; through projection of tenets, 139, 143–48; through projection of trends, 139–43. See also origin of prophecy Creator (God, Great Spirit), 123, 129, 177, 182–83 Creek Indians, 115 cultural crisis, 4–5, 8–9, 153, 210–11 cultural loss prophesied, 164, 167, 191–92, 197–200 cultural maintenance, 169, 173, 205–6 cultural revival, xxiv Cushman, Horatio B., 116–18, 121, 160 dance, xxiv–xxv Dégh, Linda, 159 Delaware Indians, 115 Delaware Prophet. See Neolin DeMallie, Raymond J., 8–9 Denson, Carmen, xii, 29, 64, 100–101, 113–14, 118–19, 121, 126–27, 161, 165, 188–89, 191, 193–94, 198 Denson, Charlie, 23, 114, 118, 165–66, 180, 195, 200, 201, 204–5 Denson, Donna, 23, 124, 187 DeSoto, Hernando, xxiii disappearance of Choctaw prophesied, 164. See also interracial marriage; removal disbelief of prophecy. See belief, negotiated in prophecy disease: historical accounts, 150–54; prophesied, 67, 150–54 divine inspiration. See supernatural, as origin of prophecy Dixon, Jeanne, 76 doctor, Choctaw (medicine person), 101– 2, 116, 160; connection to prophets and witches, 119–23; as originators of prophecy, 119–23, 125 economic success of tribe, xxiii, 172–73 education, 29, 43–44, 142–47, 195 elders: in®uence upon interpretation of prophecy, 103; as originators of prophecy, 123–25, 132, 195 employment, 142–46 end of the world prophesied, 60, 66, 73– 77, 127–29, 184–90, 207; spiritual end, 95–96, 99, 133 environment. See nature epistemology, 101–2 ethnicity. See identity ethnopoetics, xxxv–xxxvii fair. See Choctaw Fair family, xxviii–xxix, 173, 197 farming, xxviii...
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