A Study of Siouan Cults Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544

CHAPTER IV.--┴ciwere and Winnebago cults 423

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Authorities 423 Term “Great Spirit” never heard among the Iowa 423 The sun a wakanta 423 The winds as wakantas 423 The thunder-being a wakanta 424 Subterranean powers 424 Subaquatic powers 424 Animals as wakantas 425 Apotheoses 425 Dwellings of gods 425 Worship 425 Taboos 426 Public or tribal fetiches 427 Symbolic earth formations of the Winnebago 427 Personal fetiches 428 Dancing societies 428 The Otter dancing society 429 The Red Medicine dancing society 429 The Green Corn dance 429 The Buffalo dancing society 429 ┴ɔiwere traditions 430 Belief in a future life 430