The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Dr. Paul Radin ISBN: 9781789121032
Publisher: Borodino Books Publication: March 12, 2018
Imprint: Borodino Books Language: English
Author: Dr. Paul Radin
ISBN: 9781789121032
Publisher: Borodino Books
Publication: March 12, 2018
Imprint: Borodino Books
Language: English

Sam Blowsnake (S.B.) was a member of the Winnebago tribe. In this autobiography, translated into English by Dr. Paul Radin, Crashing Thunder describes the life, ways, acculturation, and the peyote cult of his people. He tells about his brother-in-law the shaman, adolescence, initiation into the Medicine Dance, marriage and sexual proximity, entry into the white man’s world, traveling with a circus, alcoholism, desire to count coup, the ensuing murder of a Pottawattomie, trial and jail, and his release on a technicality.

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Sam Blowsnake (S.B.) was a member of the Winnebago tribe. In this autobiography, translated into English by Dr. Paul Radin, Crashing Thunder describes the life, ways, acculturation, and the peyote cult of his people. He tells about his brother-in-law the shaman, adolescence, initiation into the Medicine Dance, marriage and sexual proximity, entry into the white man’s world, traveling with a circus, alcoholism, desire to count coup, the ensuing murder of a Pottawattomie, trial and jail, and his release on a technicality.

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