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Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond), 1882-1971.

Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape.

New York : AMS Press, 1984.

249 pages ; illustrations 19 cm

"The following paper is intended to be the first of a series concerning different phases of the culture of the Lenape or Delaware Indians, once a numerous people forming a confederacy of three closely related tribes, the Unami, the MInsi or Muncey, and the Unala'tko or Unalachtigo, first encountered by the whites in what is now New Jersey, Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania, and southeastern New York, but at last accounts reduced to some 1900 souls scattered in Oklahoma and the Province of Ontario, Canada, with a few in Wisconsin and Kansas."--Page 13.

Delaware Indians -- Religion.

Delaware Nation.

Cataloging based on CIP information.

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1921. (Indian notes and monographs (New York, N.Y. : 1920)).

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pantheon -- Minor deities -- Survival of the soul -- Visions and guardian spirits -- Unami annual ceremony -- Minsi big house ceremonies -- The misi'ng or mask -- Minor ceremonies -- Summary.

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