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By Raymond J. DeMallie, Douglas R. Parks, Arthur Amiotte

ISBN-10: 0806121661

ISBN-13: 9780806121666

Members of all persuasions became deeply drawn to modern Sioux spiritual practices. those essays by means of tribal spiritual leaders, students, and different individuals of the Sioux groups in North and South Dakota take care of the extra vital questions about Sioux ritual and trust in terms of historical past, culture, and the mainstream of yank life.Contents:(1) "Lakota trust and formality within the 19th Century," by way of Raymond J. DeMallie;(2) "Lakota Genesis: The Oral Tradition," through Elaine A. Jahner;(3) "The Sacred Pipe in smooth Life," via Arval taking a look Horse;(4) "The Lakota solar Dance: historic and modern Perspectives," by way of Arthur Amiotte;(5) "The institution of Christianity one of the Sioux," through Vine V. Deloria, Sr.;(6) "Catholic project and the Sioux: A situation within the Early Paradigm," via Harvey Markowitz;(7) "Contemporary Catholic venture paintings one of the Sioux," by means of Robert Hilbert, S.}.;(8) "Christian existence Fellowship Church," by means of Mercy terrible Man;(9) "Indian girls and the Renaissance of conventional Religion," via Beatrice Medicine;(10) "The modern Yuwipi," by means of Thomas H. Lewis, M.D.;(11) "The local American Church of Jesus Christ," by way of Emerson Spider, Sr.;(12) "Traditional Lakota faith in smooth Life," through Robert Stead, with an creation through Kenneth Oliver; feedback for additional analyzing; Bibliography.

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Most of the chapters of this book originated from the symposium. Thanks are also extended to the North Dakota Heritage Center and Mary College for providing facilities for the sessions. Wilbur Red Tomahawk and other student members of the Sacred Hoop Indian Club at Mary College handled many practical details, including the registration of those who attended the symposium. David Reed Miller kindly oversaw the tape-recording of the talks. We have received aid and encouragement from many individuals in the process of preparing this volume for publication.

Stead at the symposium, and his remarks are printed here. "Suggestions for Further Reading," a topically arranged bibliographical essay on Sioux religion compiled by the editors, concludes the volume. It is intended as a guide to the major published sources and will allow readers to follow up specific subjects of interest. Each of these chapters presents a very personal perspective on Sioux religious traditions. The academicians live up to scholarly canons and present analytical points of view.

Walker (1896-1914), Edward S. Curtis (1905-1908), Frances Densmore (1911-1914), and Aaron McGaffey Beede (ca. 1912-20). From later times we find an ever-increasing quantity of recorded material concerning Lakota culture, of which the most significant part has been the teachings of Nicholas Black Elk, the Oglala holy man, dictated to John G. Neihardt (1931 and 1944) and to Page 26 Page 27 Joseph Epes Brown (1947-49). Also invaluable are the large number of translations of earlier Lakota writings, as well as interviews in Lakota and writings in English, by Ella C.

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