How Long to Read The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas

How Long Does it Take to Read The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 11 minutes to read The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas by William Nelson Fenton

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

For the Seneca Iroquois Indians, song is a crucial means of renewing both medicine and heritage. Two or three times a year, the Little Water Medicine Society of western New York meets to renew the potency of its medicine bundles through singing. These bundles have been inherited from eighteenth century Iroquois war parties, handed down from generation to generation. In this long-awaited book, William N. Fenton describes the remarkable ceremonies of one of the least recorded but most significant medicine societies of the Iroquois Indians. Most of the Senecas who were members of the Little Water Society, or Society of Shamans, have passed away, and their knowledge of ceremonial healing and spiritual renewal is fading. Fenton has written this book to preserve knowledge of the ceremonies and songs for the Iroquois people and as a contribution to anthropology, folklore, ethnomusicology, and American Indian studies. In The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas, he presents his original 1933 fieldwork, along with details from the published and unpublished works of other researchers, to describe rituals, poetry, and songs drawn from his more than six decades of research among the Six Nations.

How long is The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas?

The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas by William Nelson Fenton is 246 pages long, and a total of 62,976 words.

This makes it 83% the length of the average book. It also has 77% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 44 minutes to read The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas aloud.

What Reading Level is The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas?

The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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