Material culture of the Menomini / by Alanson Skinner.

  • Alanson Skinner
Date:
1921
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Credit: Material culture of the Menomini / by Alanson Skinner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nying ceremonies consist largely in the pro¬ curing of visions by means of the use of the powerful narcotic peyote, which can have only a deleterious effect on its users. The cult is not secret, but membership in the order precludes any. in all other societies, and demands the abandonment of all an¬ cient practices, with the destruction of their paraphernalia. If its converts increase ma¬ terially in numbers (which at present seems improbable, owing to the opposition of the conservatives among both Christian and pagan parties, coupled with the antagonism of the government officers attached to the reservation), its success will mean the death¬ blow to all the ancient customs of the tribe, already decadent, without the compensation of any advantageous or progressive substi¬ tute. The Hereafter It is believed that each person is pos¬ sessed of two separate souls. One, really the ghost, is the intellect, which resides in the head. This spirit lingers about the graveyard for an indefinite time after the *
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