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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1942
Page
5
The piece outlines Sun and Moon deities in Blackfoot belief with a Morning Star child and sun dances. It notes circle dances centered on a tall pole, and mentions ongoing snake dances by Hopi people where snakes are held in mouths, with limited harm from bites.
The article describes plains tribes converting to Christianity and using medicine bundles as proof of power to summon rain. It explains bundles containing bear hide, elk, pipe, rattle, tobacco, animal skins, and corn in Pawnee practice. It notes prayers and dances precede rain and that sun rain war and wind gods appear across tribes.
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