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Medicine Lodge Tale From Gros Ventre and Hidatsa Tale
A long, fragmentary narrative recounts a Gros Ventre medicine lodge tale intertwined with Hidatsa legends. It describes sacred objects, drum rites, a medicine man’s powers to summon rain and protection, and a feud between two eagle brothers with a climactic confrontation and battlefield aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth Lodge
Awatichay
Gros Ventres
Walt
Wolff
Rita
Rev
Wilson
Fred
Hadie- Hush
Ates
Evan
Simberé
Lee Fooking
Wahuma
Shihwahima
Mandan
Missouri
Aittle
Fremar
Fifa
Shihwahuma
Hidataa