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Tables of Contents for Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
iv
Foreword
v
Introduction
1
3
Historical sketch
4
1
The origin legend
5
32
Material condition
37
18
Social organization
55
35
Geographical divisions and towns
55
21
Moieties
76
3
Clans and local groups
79
5
Terms of relationship
84
6
Government
90
12
Property
102
2
Crime and punishment
104
11
Regulations for women and childbirth
115
4
Personal names
119
5
Education
124
3
Marriage
127
12
Division of labor between the sexes
139
1
Games
140
20
Travel and greetings
160
2
War customs
162
8
Burial customs
170
24
Religion and medicine
194
49
Supernatural beings
194
6
Cosmology and mythology
200
12
Prayer, sacrifice, dreams, etc.
212
3
Charms
215
1
Pneumatology
215
6
Ceremonials and dances
221
5
Men having occult powers and doctors
226
17
Appendix
243
28
Bibliography
271
4
Index
275