rites and ceremonies

Briefly describes some of the customs and practices related to festivals celebrated in various North American Indian cultures.

Presents a comprehensive examination of Chinese rituals, holidays, and celebrations and contains recipes, legends, and stories of Chinese New Year, Mid-Autumn, and other festivals.

Contains over 1,200 entries, alphabetically arranged, covering major religious systems and ceremonies of Native Americans in the United States and Canada.

Focuses on learning to identify and count the numbers one through ten by counting how many dancers participate in the Indian powwow dance.

Examines the origins, nature, and significance of games played by North American Indians, including shinny and other ball games, dice games, and guessing games.

Presents a variety of North American Indian creation myths and discusses how the "first houses" described in these myths set the pattern used by the tribes for their own homes and ritual structures.

Describes a visit to a powwow, or native American celebration, where American Indian families get together to enjoy traditional food, music, dancing, and crafts.

Examines Native American powwow celebrations, discussing the preparation, grand entry, competitions, traditional costumes, instruments, and symbols.

This book also places their mythology in historical context, for example, connecting earth myths with the Native Americans' real-life, tragic struggle to preserve their lands.

Describes a variety of Indian tribal ceremonies and rituals, including those for war and peace, hunting and gathering, and healing.