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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
J R Walker; Raymond J DeMallie; Elaine Jahner; Colorado Historical Society. |
| ISBN: | 0803297319 9780803297319 0803225512 9780803225510 |
| OCLC Number: | 23583636 |
| Notes: | "Bison book." |
| Description: | xli, 329 p., [38] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | James R. Walker : his life and work -- Belief -- Narratives by Thomas Tyon -- Ritual -- Warfare. |
| Responsibility: | James R. Walker ; edited by Raymond J. DeMallie and Elaine A. Jahner. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
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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