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INDIAN BURIAL PRACTICE
MR. HUMFREVILLE REPORTS THAT THE SIOUX INDIANS USED TO
WRAP THEIR DEAD IN ANIMAL HIDES AND PLACE THEM HIGH
IN TREES. THEN THEY WOULD KILL ALL THE ANIMALS WHICH
BELONGED TO THE DEAD PERSON AND LEAVE THEM UNDER THE
TREE.
Where learned: BOOK BY J. LEE HUMFREVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN