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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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In Sun's Likeness and Power 2-Volume Set: Cheyenne Accounts of Shield and Tipi Heraldry

In Sun's Likeness and Power 2-Volume Set: Cheyenne Accounts of Shield and Tipi Heraldry

Mooney, James
Powell, Father Peter J.

Hardcover

Native American HistoryDrawing InstructionIndigenous Art of the Americas

ISBN10: 0803238223
ISBN13: 9780803238220
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: May 1 2013
Pages: 1320
Weight: 8.45
Height: 2.80 Width: 8.50 Depth: 10.70
Language: English

According to traditional Cheyenne belief, shields are living, spirit-filled beings, radiating supernatural power from the Supreme Being for protection and blessing. Shields stand at the nexus of several dimensions of Cheyenne culture, including spirituality, warfare, and artistic expression.

From 1902 to 1906, fifty Cheyenne elders spoke with famed ethnologist James Mooney, sharing with him their interpretations of shield and tipi heraldry. Mooney's handwritten field notes of these conversations are the single best source of information on Plains Native shields and tipi art available and are a source of inestimable value today for both the Cheyennes and for scholars.

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