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Lakota Belief and Ritual
Elaine A. Jahner, Raymond J.
DeMallie, James R. Walker, Cloth: 1991,xli,369,CIP.LC
91-15037,0-8032-2551-2 Paper: 1991,xli,369,CIP.LC
91-15037,0-8032-9731-9
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"The real value of Lakota Belief
and Ritual is that it provides raw narratives without
any pretension of synthesis or analysis, as well as
insightful biographical information on the man who contributed
more than any other individual to our understanding
of early Oglala ritual and belief." -Plains Anthropologist
"In the writing of Indian history, historians and
other scholars seldom have the opportunity to look at
the past through 'native eyes' or to immerse themselves
in documents created by In-dians. For the Oglala and
some of the other divisions of the Lakota, the Walker
materials provide this kind of experience in fascinating
and rich detail during an important transition period
in their history." -Minnesota History. "This
collection of documents is especially remarkable because
it preserves individual variations of traditional wisdom
from a whole generation of highly developed wicasa wakan
(holy men). . . . Lakota Belief and Ritual is a wasicun
(container of power) that can make traditional Lakota
wisdom assume new life." -American Indian Quarterly.
"A work of prime importance. . . . its publication
represents a major addition to our knowledge of the
Lakotas' way of life" -Journal of American Folklore.
Raymond J. DeMallie, director of the American Indian
Studies Research Institute and a professor of anthropology
at Indiana University, is the editor of James R. Walker's
Lakota Society (1982) and of The Sixth Grandfather:
Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt (1984,
a Bison Book), both published by the University of Nebraska
Press. Elaine A. Jahner, a professor of English at Dartmouth
College, has edited Walker's Lakota Myth (1983), also
a Bison Book.
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