Games of the North American Indians

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Courier Corporation, Jan 1, 1975 - History - 846 pages
This volume is the most complete work ever prepared on the games of the North American Indians. Based on the finest museum collections in the world, on travel and ethnographic accounts, and on the author's own numerous trips gathering data from many North American Indian tribes around the turn of the century, it contains virtually everything known about Indian games and illustrations of thousands of objects used in the Indian games.
 

Contents

Preface
29
Tabular index to tribes and games
36
Games of chance
44
Games of dexterity
383
Minor amusements
715
Unclassified games
781
Games derived from Europeans
789
Running races
803
Summary of conclusions
809
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