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Wakinyan: Lakota Religion in the Twentieth Century - Couverture souple

Feraca, Stephen E.

 
9780803269057: Wakinyan: Lakota Religion in the Twentieth Century
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0803269056 ISBN 13 : 9780803269057
Editeur : Bison Books, 2001

Synopsis

Wakinyan is an excellent overview of Lakota religious thought and practice, introducing readers to its essential components. Through finely detailed descriptions of rituals and various types of religious figures, Stephen E. Feraca explains the significance of such practices as the Sun Dance, sweat lodge ritual, vision quest, Yuwipi ritual, and peyote use. He also discusses the significance of herbs and religious artifacts and objects and explains the roles and responsibilities of medicine men and other religious practitioners.

First written as a report for the Department of the Interior in 1963, Wakinyan has long been recognized as a classic study of Lakota religion. This edition retains most of the original text, with its first-rate ethnographic descriptions of religious practices. The author's new endnotes bring the reader up to date on changes in Lakota religion during the last three decades.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stephen E. Feraca worked for the Department of the Interior for a quarter of a century before retiring in 1985. He is the author of Why Don't They Give Them Guns? The Great American Indian Myth.

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Éditeur
Bison Books
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803269056
ISBN 13 
9780803269057
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
104
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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