Research Catalog

Title

Witness : a Húnkpap̌ha historian's strong-heart song of the Lakotas / Josephine Waggoner ; edited and with an introduction by Emily Levine ; foreword by Lynne Allen.

Author

Waggoner, Josephine, 1872-1943

Publication

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]

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Details

Additional Authors

Levine, Emily, 1956-

Description

l, 745 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, genealogical table; 29 cm

Summary

"During the 1920s and 1930s, Josephine Waggoner (1871-1943), a Lakota woman who had been educated at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, grew increasingly concerned that the history and culture of her people were being lost as elders died without passing along their knowledge. A skilled writer, Waggoner set out to record the lifeways of her people and correct much of the misinformation about them spread by white writers, journalists, and scholars of the day. To accomplish this task, she traveled to several Lakota and Dakota reservations to interview chiefs, elders, traditional tribal historians, and other tribal members, including women. Published for the first time and augmented by extensive annotations, Witness offers a rare participant's perspective on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Lakota and Dakota life." --

Subject

• Lakota Indians > History
• Lakota Indians > Biography
• Santee Indians > History
• Santee Indians > Biography
• Yankton Indians > History
• Yankton Indians > Biography
• Dakota Indians > History
• Dakota Indians > Biography

Genre/Form

• Biography.
• History.

Note

• The "eng" in subtitle word Húnkpap̌ha represented by "n."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 703-726) and index.

Contents

Foreword / Lynne Allen -- Acknowledgments -- Editor's introduction / Emily Levine -- Editorial policy -- Lakota phonology and pronunciation -- Josephine Waggoner's family tree -- Ethnography, history, her story -- Introduction / Josephine Waggoner -- Life sketch -- Part 1. Dakota/Lakota ethnography, culture and society -- Creation as told by Makhúla -- The origin of fire by Makhúla -- Makhúla's dream -- Sioux legends and traditions and their origins -- Ancient legends of the Sioux -- The arrow makers -- Dakota and Lakota Oyáte band organization -- Some cultural miscellany -- Language -- Meaning of names -- Some Dakota geography -- Buffalo hunt -- The white buffalo -- Part 2. Tribal history/her life -- The cramping death -- The Mackinaw (Mackinac) attack near Burnt Wood Creek (Čhanǧúyapi) -- The Grattan Massacre -- Fort Laramie and Horse Creek, 1865 -- The Wagon Box Fight -- Early life : Grand River--Apple Creek--Standing Rock, c.1870-75 -- West to Powder River, 1875 -- Standing Rock, Winter 1875-76 -- Ťhahánská Ťhánka, John Bruguier -- Standing Rock and Montana, 1876-78 -- The surrender -- Life on the reservation -- Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, 1881-88 -- Hampton and back to Standing Rock : working with missionaries, 1888-89 -- After Sitting Bull's death : Wounded Knee, 1890-91 -- Stock rustling on the reservation -- Married life -- Lives of the Chiefs and other biographies -- Acknowledgments / Josephine Waggoner -- Part 1. Isányathi, Santee Dakota -- Támahe, the one-eyed Sioux -- Ištá̌hba, sleepy eye -- Ínkpadúta, Scarlet Point -- Ťhaoyátedúta, Little Crow -- Thiwaǩhán, Holy House -- Part 2. Ihánkťhunwan/Ihánkťhunwanna, Yankton/Yanktonai -- P̌halániyap̌hápi, Struck by the Ree -- Ťhaťhánkap̌ha, Bull Head Sr. -- Nasúnaťhánka, Big Head -- Maťhó Gnaškínyan, Mad Bear -- Čhaňhpílúta, Red Tomahawk -- Ťhaťhánkap̌ha, Lieutenant Henry Bull Head, Jr. -- Part 3. Thíťhunwan, Teton Lakota -- Section 1. Sihásapa, Blackfeet -- Wakutemáni, Shoots Walking -- Maťhó Waťhákpe, John Grass -- Čhantehi, Goose -- Čhanté P̌héta, Fire Heart -- Section 2.Oóhenunpa, Two Kettle -- Maťhó Thučhúhu, Bear Ribs -- Miwátani Hánska, Tall Mandan -- Zintkálakinyán, Swift Bird -- Maťho Tópa, Four Bear -- Šúngleškásápa, Black Spotted Horse -- Section 3. Itázipčho, Sans Arc -- Waánatan, Charger -- Ǩhanǧí Wíyaka, Crow Feather -- Héwanžiča, One Horn -- Wanblíglešká, Spotted Eagle -- Section 4. Mniǩhówožu, Miniconjou -- Maǧáska, White Swan II -- Ťhá̌hčahušté, Lame Deer -- Unp̌hánglešká, Spotted Elk (Big Foot) -- Čhaňhá̌hake, Hump -- Maǧáska, White Swan IV -- Maťhó Čik'ala, Little Bear -- Kinyán Hiyáya, Flying by -- Ťhašúnkezi, Yellow Horse -- Maštínčalaglešká, Spotted Rabbit -- Section 5. Húnkpap̌ha, Hunkpapa -- Ťhaťhóka Ínyanke, Running Antelope -- Wičhá̌hpi Máza, Iron Star -- Maťhó Ité, Bear Face -- Ťhaťhánka Íyotake, Sitting Bull -- Čhetán Wakínyan, Thunder Hawk -- Phizí, Gall -- Ťhaťhánka Héglešká, Spotted Bull Horn -- Hohú Čhaňhpí, Bone Club -- Maťhó Očínšíča, Weasel Bear -- Itéomaǧážu, Rain in the face -- Wanblí̌hóta, Gray Eagle -- Heyóǩhahmi, Real Buffalo -- Section 6. Oglála, Oglala -- Mǎhpíyalúta, Red Cloud -- Ťhašúnke Ǩhokíp̌hapi, They Are Afraid of His Horses -- Ťhaópičík'ala, Little Wound -- Wašíču Ťhašúnke, American Horse II -- ̌hašúnke Witkó, Crazy Horse -- Section 7. Sičhánǧu, Brulé -- Thukímáza, Iron Shell -- Maťhó Ǒh'ánjǩho, Swift Bear -- Núnpa Kap̌há, Two Strike -- Sinté Glešká, Spotted Tail -- Šúnka Bloká, He Dog -- Maťhó Kawínǧe, Turning Bear -- Waglékšun Ťhánka, Big Turkey -- Maťhóhé̌hloǧeča, Hollow Horn Bear -- Ťhašúnke Wankátuya, High Horse -- Afterword : History of the manuscripts -- Appendix 1 : The chiefs who fought and surrendered -- Appendix 2 : The keepers of the peace pipe since Brought by the Buffalo Maiden -- Appendix 3 : Police at Sitting Bull Fight -- Appendix 4 : Josephine Waggoner's bibliography -- Appendix 5 : Winter counts -- Appendix 6 : Poems -- Appendix 7 : Lakota land dispossession -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

JFF 14-72

ISBN

• 9780803245648 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 0803245645 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2013010719
• 40022900659

OCLC

839395989

Author

Waggoner, Josephine, 1872-1943, author.

Title

Witness : a Húnkpap̌ha historian's strong-heart song of the Lakotas / Josephine Waggoner ; edited and with an introduction by Emily Levine ; foreword by Lynne Allen.

Publisher

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 703-726) and index.

Added Author

Levine, Emily, 1956- editor.

Other Standard Identifier

40022900659

Research Call Number

JFF 14-72