Editing Rainmaking (ritual) (section)

==American Rainmakers==
[[File:George Catlin - Rainmaking among the Mandan - 1985.66.476 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg|thumb|''Rainmaking among the [[Mandan]]'' by [[George Catlin]], 1830s]]
Julia M. Buttree (the wife of [[Ernest Thompson Seton]]) describes the rain dance of the [[Zuni people|Zuni]], along with other Native American dances, in her book ''The Rhythm of the Redman''.<ref>Julia M. Buttree (Julia M. Seton) ''The Rhythm of the Redman: in Song, Dance and Decoration''. New York, [[A.S. Barnes]], 1930.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/native/dance/rain_zuni.htm |title=Rain Dance of Zuni |publisher=Inquiry.net |date=2013-07-03 |access-date=2014-03-05}}</ref> Feathers and [[turquoise]], or other blue items, are worn during the ceremony to symbolize wind and rain respectively. Details on how best to perform the Rain Dance have been passed down by oral tradition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indians.org/articles/rain-dance.html |title=The rain dance helped native Americans get through dry summers |publisher=Indians.org |access-date=2014-03-05}}</ref> In an early sort of [[meteorology]], Native Americans in the midwestern parts of the modern United States often tracked and followed known weather patterns while offering to perform a rain dance for settlers in return for trade items. This is best documented among the [[Osage Nation|Osage]] and [[Quapaw]] tribes of Missouri and Arkansas.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Guyette|first1=R.P.|last2=Spetich|first2=M.A.|date=July 2003|title=Fire history of oak–pine forests in the Lower Boston Mountains, Arkansas, USA|journal=Forest Ecology and Management|volume=180|issue=1–3|pages=463–474|doi=10.1016/s0378-1127(02)00613-8|bibcode=2003ForEM.180..463G |issn=0378-1127}}</ref>

In April 2011, Texas governor [[Rick Perry]] called the [[Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas]], asking that Texans [[prayer|pray]] for "the healing of our land [Texas]" and for an end to [[2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought|the drought]].<ref name="Perry">{{cite web
 |url=http://governor.state.tx.us/news/proclamation/16038/
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150111135905/http://governor.state.tx.us/news/proclamation/16038/
 |archive-date = 2015-01-11
 |title=Gov. Perry Issues Proclamation for Days of Prayer for Rain in Texas
 |last=Perry
 |first=Rick
 |date=April 21, 2011
 |publisher=Office of the Governor
 |accessdate=2018-01-23}}</ref><ref name="Leonard">{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/technology/how_the_world_works/2011/04/21/texas_wildfire_days_of_prayer/index.html|title=The Texas climate change solution: God|last=Leonard|first=Andrew|date=April 21, 2011|work=[[Salon.com|Salon]]|accessdate=April 22, 2011}}</ref>

In the Ozarks, multiple methods of attempting to call rain have been documented:
{{quote|Other hillmen try to produce rain by burning brush along the creeks, or hanging dead snakes belly-up on fences, or killing frogs and leaving them in the dry road, or putting salt on gravel bars, or suspending live turtles above the water. [..] In some localities people imagine that they can cause a rain by submerging a cat in [[sulfur water|sulphur water]]—they don't drown the animal, but make sure that it is completely under water for a moment at least. I once saw this tried at Noel, Missouri, but without any success.<ref>{{cite book | last=Randolph | first=Vance | title=Ozark Magic and Folklore | publisher=Dover Publications | date=2012 | isbn=978-1-306-33958-2 | oclc=868269974}}</ref>}}