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PROVERB: ANCESTOR
IF A MAN FAILS, HE BLAMES HIS ANCESTORS.
ONLY A FOOL BLAMES OTHERS IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG FOR HIM.
Keyword(s): ANCESTRY ; PLACING BLAME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Ethnic: Native American
Indian Death Belief:
Among the Lakota Indians, the Informant believes that the death customs among these particular Indians shows a consciousness of ancestry but not ancestor worship.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AMERICAN INDIAN ; ANCESTRY ; BURIAL ; CUSTOM ; DEATH ; ETHNIC ; Funeral ; Native American
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |