Culin's Record and Its Living Context

The Prompt

Place Zohn Ahl in its ethnographic and historical context. Cite Stewart Culin's 1907 documentation, at least one other source on Plains stick-dice games, and R. C. Bell's note on the possible connection to Lizzie Magie's The Landlord's Game. Explain what the game's record tells us about the tradition of women's gaming on the southern Plains.

Completion Criteria

Three citations and a short essay (two or three paragraphs) on the game's ethnographic significance.

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