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

Title: Witness : a Húnkpapȟa 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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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

Genre/Form

Biographies
History

Note

The "eng" in subtitle word Húnkpapȟa represented by "n."

Bibliography (note)

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

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

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 -- Tȟahánská Tȟánka, 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 -- Ištáȟba, sleepy eye -- Ínkpadúta, Scarlet Point -- Tȟaoyátedúta, Little Crow -- Thiwakȟán, Holy House -- Part 2. Ihánktȟunwan/Ihánktȟunwanna, Yankton/Yanktonai -- Pȟalániyapȟápi, Struck by the Ree -- Tȟatȟánkapȟa, Bull Head Sr. -- Nasúnatȟánka, Big Head -- Matȟó Gnaškínyan, Mad Bear -- Čhanȟpílúta, Red Tomahawk -- Tȟatȟánkapȟa, Lieutenant Henry Bull Head, Jr. -- Part 3. Thítȟunwan, Teton Lakota -- Section 1. Sihásapa, Blackfeet -- Wakutemáni, Shoots Walking -- Matȟó Watȟákpe, John Grass -- Čhantehi, Goose -- Čhanté Pȟéta, Fire Heart -- Section 2.Oóhenunpa, Two Kettle -- Matȟó Thučhúhu, Bear Ribs -- Miwátani Hánska, Tall Mandan -- Zintkálakinyán, Swift Bird -- Matȟo Tópa, Four Bear -- Šúngleškásápa, Black Spotted Horse -- Section 3. Itázipčho, Sans Arc -- Waánatan, Charger -- Kȟanǧí Wíyaka, Crow Feather -- Héwanžiča, One Horn -- Wanblíglešká, Spotted Eagle -- Section 4. Mnikȟówožu, Miniconjou -- Maǧáska, White Swan II -- Tȟáȟčahušté, Lame Deer -- Unpȟánglešká, Spotted Elk (Big Foot) -- Čhanȟáȟake, Hump -- Maǧáska, White Swan IV -- Matȟó Čik'ala, Little Bear -- Kinyán Hiyáya, Flying by -- Tȟašúnkezi, Yellow Horse -- Maštínčalaglešká, Spotted Rabbit -- Section 5. Húnkpapȟa, Hunkpapa -- Tȟatȟóka Ínyanke, Running Antelope -- Wičháȟpi Máza, Iron Star -- Matȟó Ité, Bear Face -- Tȟatȟánka Íyotake, Sitting Bull -- Čhetán Wakínyan, Thunder Hawk -- Phizí, Gall -- Tȟatȟánka Héglešká, Spotted Bull Horn -- Hohú Čhanȟpí, Bone Club -- Matȟó Očínšíča, Weasel Bear -- Itéomaǧážu, Rain in the face -- Wanblíȟóta, Gray Eagle -- Heyókȟahmi, Real Buffalo -- Section 6. Oglála, Oglala -- Maȟpíyalúta, Red Cloud -- Tȟašúnke Kȟokípȟapi, They Are Afraid of His Horses -- Tȟaópičík'ala, Little Wound -- Wašíču Tȟašúnke, American Horse II -- ȟašúnke Witkó, Crazy Horse -- Section 7. Sičhánǧu, Brulé -- Thukímáza, Iron Shell -- Matȟó Oȟ'ánjkȟo, Swift Bear -- Núnpa Kapȟá, Two Strike -- Sinté Glešká, Spotted Tail -- Šúnka Bloká, He Dog -- Matȟó Kawínǧe, Turning Bear -- Waglékšun Tȟánka, Big Turkey -- Matȟóhéȟloǧeča, Hollow Horn Bear -- Tȟašúnke 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.

ISBN

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

LCCN

^^2013010719

OCLC

839395989
SCSB-12267758

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library