Moral Education Among The North American Indians
New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1930.
Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket. Item #14684
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "The ducational means or agencies, then, that have been chosen are: (1) myths, (2) family and village life, (3) the sun dance and military societies, and (4) a religious ceremony with a distinctly educational purpose. (1) For a study of the use of stories, Tlingit myths have been taken as atype on account of their large number of stories with moral situations that were applicable in the instruction of the young. ... (2) Concerning family education ... five acconts have been selected for brief treatment ... (3) Information on the sun-dance ceremonies and the various societies of the Plains Indians has been collected by the American Museum of Natural History. ... (4) "Religousness" was one of the striking characteristics of the North American Indians ... The Hako, as a religous ceremony, represents a high type of appeal and at the same time introduces very effectively many moral teachings." - Introduction. Contents: I. Introduction; II. Tlingit Education; III. Family and Village Education; IV. The Ideals Presented in the Sun Dance and in Military Society; V. Moral Teachings in the Hako, A Pawnee Religious Ceremony; VI. Characteristics of Indian Morality and Education; Bibliography. ; Teachers College, Columbia University Contributions to Education; Ex-Library; Vol. 427; vi, 104 pages.
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