Lakota Belief And Ritual
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Lakota Belief and Ritual
Author: James R. Walker
Editor: Elaine A. Jahner; Raymond J. DeMallie
This book presents the James R. Walker collection of traditional Lakota knowledge. Walker spent eighteen years in South Dakota as a physician on the Pine Ridge Reservation, the home of the Oglala Sioux. From 1896 until 1914, he collected material relating to nearly every aspect of the old Lakota way of life. This collection records teachings by men whose statements of belief show the energy, depth, and imaginative intensity characteristic of the Lakota response to specific cultural, social, and ecological challenges.
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Paperback: 369 pages
Publisher: Bison Books (May 1, 1991)
ISBN-10: 0803297319
ISBN-13: 978-0803297319
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
Author: James R. Walker
Editor: Elaine A. Jahner; Raymond J. DeMallie
This book presents the James R. Walker collection of traditional Lakota knowledge. Walker spent eighteen years in South Dakota as a physician on the Pine Ridge Reservation, the home of the Oglala Sioux. From 1896 until 1914, he collected material relating to nearly every aspect of the old Lakota way of life. This collection records teachings by men whose statements of belief show the energy, depth, and imaginative intensity characteristic of the Lakota response to specific cultural, social, and ecological challenges.
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