Lakota Society
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As agency physician on the Pine Ridge Reservation from 1896 to 1914, Dr. James R. Walker recorded a wealth of information on the traditional lifeways of the Oglala Sioux. Lakota Society presents the primary accounts of Walker's informants and his syntheses dealing with the organization of camps and bands, kinship systems, beliefs, ceremonies, hunting, warfare, and methods of measuring time.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803297378
ISBN13:9780803297371
Release Date:February 1992
Publisher:Bison Books
Length:243 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.3" x 8.5"
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Lakota Society
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
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Lakota Society
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Having studied Lakota myth, rituals, customs and religion for many years, this was a refreshing and insightful read that will help those desiring to understand the Lakota people better.
Lakota society in the late 1800's.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Walker knew the Lakota and was careful to try to be accurate, but he also was pressured by the Bureau of Ethnology to fit Lakota Society into the framework of Anthropology's view of the world. This is the biggest weakness, because the Lakota view of the world is not consistent with the concepts of Anthropology. But I believe he tried very hard to be accurate within those expectations. Much of this information would be lost if Walker hadn't recorded it. A must for a serious student of the Lakota.
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