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The '''Paiute''' were a [[19th century]] [[Native American]] [[tribe]]. Like the [[Kiowa]] and [[Cheyenne]], they believed in ''[[dakina]]'' spirits, used ceremonial self-mutilation like [[Catch-the-Bear's war bonnet]], fetishised [[Bone|bones]], and used prolonged ritualised [[torture]] as a means to achieve a communal altered state of consciousness through the victim's screams. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | The '''Paiute''' were a [[19th century]] [[Native American]] [[tribe]]. Like the [[Kiowa]] and [[Cheyenne]], they believed in ''[[dakina]]'' spirits, used ceremonial self-mutilation like [[Catch-the-Bear's war bonnet]], fetishised [[Bone|bones]], and used prolonged ritualised [[torture]] as a means to achieve a communal altered state of consciousness through the victim's screams. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
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The Paiute were a 19th century Native American tribe. Like the Kiowa and Cheyenne, they believed in dakina spirits, used ceremonial self-mutilation like Catch-the-Bear's war bonnet, fetishised bones, and used prolonged ritualised torture as a means to achieve a communal altered state of consciousness through the victim's screams. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
