Record details

• ISBN: 080612055X (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780806120553 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 0806121661 (pbk.)
• ISBN: 9780806121666 (pbk.)
• Physical Description: viii, 243 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
• Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1987.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Bibliography: p. 227-236.

Formatted Contents Note:

I: Foundations of traditional Sioux religion -- Lakota belief and ritual in the nineteenth century / Raymond J. DeMallie -- Lakota genesis: the oral tradition / Elaine A. Jahner -- The sacred pipe in modern life / Arval Looking Horse -- The Lakota Sun Dance: historical and contemporary perspectives / Arthur Amiotte -- II: Christianity and the Sioux -- The establishment of Christianity among the Sioux / Vine V. Deloria, Sr. -- Catholic mission and the Sioux: a crisis in the early paradigm / Harvey Markowitz -- Contemporary Catholic mission work among the Sioux / Robert Hilbert, S.J. -- Christian Life Fellowship Church / Mercy Poor Man -- III: Traditional religion in the contemporary context -- Indian women and the renaissance of traditional religion / Beatrice Medicine -- The contemporary Yuwipi / Thomas H. Lewis, M.D. -- The Native American Church of Jesus Christ / Emerson Spider, Sr. -- Traditional Lakota religion in modern life / Robert Stead, with an introduction by Kenneth Oliver.

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Dakota Indians > Religion > Congresses.
Sioux (Indiens) > Religion > Congrès.
Dakota (Indiens) > Religion > Congrès.
Sioux (volk)
Godsdienst.