Spiritual and religious aspects of torture and scalping among the Indian cultures in Eastern North America, from ancient to colonial times
Only a few decades ago a common perception prevailed that the historical Native Americans were very prone to violence and warfare. Scalping and torture were seen as a specific custom attached into their ideology and sociocultural ethos. However in the 1960s a completely reversed picture started to...
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| Language: | English |
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Donner Institute
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67402 |