Lakota Belief and Ritual

by James R. Walker, Elaine A. Jahner (Editor), Raymond J. DeMallie (Editor)

Overview

"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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803298866
Publisher:	Nebraska
Publication date:	04/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	369
Lexile:	1170L (what's this?)
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

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 and of The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt, both available as Bison Books. Elaine A. Jahner, a professor of English at Dartmouth College, has edited Walker's Lakota Myth, also available in a Bison Books edition.