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"Provides real insight into the religion of the nineteenth-century
Gros Ventre (Atsina) Indians. Known to themselves as the White Clay
People, this little-known tribe now shares the Fort Belknap
Reservation in Montana with the Assiniboines. However, throughout
much of their recorded history they were allied with the Blackfeet.
The book is a record of the spiritual life of Bull Lodge (born ca.
1802, died 1886), religions leader, healer, and for a time, keeper
of the Feathered Pipe, one of the two tribal objects of the Gros
Ventres...[It] makes absorbing reading. Beginning at the age of
twelve. Bull Lodge sought spiritual power through the tribal
Feathered Pipe. From the ages of seventeen to twenty-three he was
favored with a series of seven visions on seven buttes that
together outline a Gros Ventre cultural geography..."The strength
of the narrative is the rich detail of ritual description: fasting,
sacrifices, vision experiences, the practices of healing. By
describing ritual in the context of a man's life, the book gives a
uniquely historical understanding of the dynamics of traditional
religious life. It provides deeper understanding of the Gros
Ventres' way of life and gives a valuable comparative perspective
on plains Indian religion". (Raymond J. DeMallie, Western
Historical Quarterly). George Horse Capture is field manager of
Fort Belknap Ventures. Inc., a tribal enterprise to develop and
market traditional Indian art. At present he is helping to
establish a tribal museum.
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