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- Title
Conclusions.
- Authors
Becker, Marshall Joseph; Lainey, Jonathan C.
- Abstract
The article argues that the nineteenth-century White Dog Sacrifice (WDS), a ritual documented from among only two of the Iroquoian Five Nations, represents a Christian-influenced addition to their midwinter feasting. It also reviews the evidence relating to the WDS that suggests that ritual consumption of dog meat during the midwinter festivities of the Seneca and Oneida people in New York were changing after 1800. Also noted is the earliest indication of the use of wampum in the WDS.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); IROQUOIANS (North American peoples); FASTS &; feasts; DOGS; WAMPUM
- Publication
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 2013, Vol 103, Issue 3, p175
- ISSN
0065-9746
- Publication type
Article