Voices from the Delaware Big House Ceremony / edited by Robert S. Grumet.

Other author Grumet, Robert Steven.
Format Book
Publication InfoNorman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2001.
Descriptionxxv, 213 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Big House Ceremony (Delaware rite)
Delaware Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
Delaware Indians--Religion.
Delaware mythology.

SeriesCivilization of the American Indian series ; v. 239
Civilization of the American Indian series v. 239. ^A13888
Contents The Big House described / Terry J. Prewitt -- The earliest accounts, 1655-1780 -- Beate and the White River revival, 1805-1806 -- Mid-nineteenth-century accounts -- Richard C. Adams's accounts -- Eastern Oklahoma Delaware Big House ceremonies, 1907-1910 -- Canadian Munsee Big House ceremonies, 1907-1910 -- Charlie Elkhair's text, 1912 -- The Charlie Webber (Wi.tapano'xwe) text of the Oklahoma Delaware Big House ceremony, 1928 -- Additional notes to the Big House ceremony, 1937 -- The Nicodemus Peters (Nekatcit) account, 1945 -- Lula Mae Gibson Gilliland's account, 1947 -- Eastern Oklahoma Delaware reminiscences, 1972-1994 -- Nora Thompson Dean's accounts of the Eastern Delaware Unami Delaware Big House, 1973-1984 - Delaware and English names of people referred to in the texts.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-205) and index.
LCCN 2001027570
ISBN0806133600 (alk. paper)