The Manatidie
A Focus for Kiowa Apache Tribal Identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9216810 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William E Bittle (UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 17 |
| Pages | 152-163 |
| Publication date | 1962-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.1962.11908271 |
| OpenAlex | W2770449622 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The manatidie, a modern dancing society of the Plains Kiowa is discussed as a mechanism which has revived a feeling of tribal identity among the Kiowa Apache of Oklahoma.The dance which had disappeared about 1909 was revived in modified form shortly after World War I, but thereafter died completely. During the winter of 1959-1960 the dance was deliberately revived as a mechanism of tribal self-identity. The author relates the various problems and difficulties which beset the organization of the dance after this lapse of many years. The dance which is said to be a remarkable fusion of ethnographic description and Kiowa Apache creativity is then described, using as an example the dance held near Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma in 1961.The concluding observation is that the dance not provides an integrating mechanism for the Kiowa Apache which was formerly lacking, The author believes that it has given focus to the tribe by reviving its identity among other Indians and the whites, and that the annual oow-wow provides a matrix for other traditional Kiowa ceremonies. Further, the dance appears to have revived family social ties and to provide a vehicle for the charitable care of needy tribal members
Aesthetics · Art · Dance · Ethnography · Feeling · Identity (music) · Sociology · Tribe · Visual arts · Anthropology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Diversity and Impact of Dance · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1978 - 2024 (47) |
| Highly cited | No |