3094 -- DRÄGER, LOTHAR

Okimawa. Studies on the chiefdom among Indians of eastern North America
This is a collection of previously published articles on the following topics:

• 1. Gentile- and kinship organization among the Iroquois
• 2. Tendencies for inequality in the chiefs' council of the Iroquois League
• 3. Chiefdom and religious authority among the Central Algonkin
• 4. Mythical description and historical reality in texts on the Shawnee
• 5. Change in the system of chiefs among the Central Algonkin under the impression of US-American Indian policy
• 6. The sun chiefs of the Natchez as a 'class' of exploiters: Exploitation- and dependency relationships among the historical Natchez of the lower Mississippi
• 7. The equipment of war leaders among the Ogalala Dakota - according to descriptions by F. Weygod and J.R. Walker
• 8. Feather crowns of Indians of eastern North America

Keywords: Indians (American), kinship (Iroquois), Iroquois kinship, inequality (American Indians), Iroquois League, chiefdom (American Indians), Algonkin, Shawnee, Natchez, exploitation (American Indians), Ogalala Dakota, Dakota, feather crowns