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Before the great spirit : the many faces of Sioux spirituality

Title: Before the great spirit : the many faces of Sioux spirituality / Julian Rice.
Author: Rice, Julian, 1940-
Publication: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1998.

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Description

xiii, 175 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

In Before the Great Spirit Julian Rice explores the spiritual values that informed Sioux attitudes surrounding warriors, tricksters, spirits, games, and conflict. Countering the widespread myths that both denigrate and appropriate Indian spirituality, Rice examines accounts written in the 1830s by Congregationalist ministers Samuel and Gideon Pond and Stephen R. Riggs; Ella Deloria, a Yankton Nakota linguist; Wilson D. Wallis, a Canadian anthropologist; native Lakota George Bushotter; and physician James R. Walker in order to delineate clearly Sioux thought from the biases and perspectives of these observers.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Warriors -- Tricksters -- Heroes -- Symbols -- Games -- Thunders -- Heyokas -- Walker -- Spirits -- Conclusion.

ISBN

0826318681
9780826318688
0826318983
9780826318985

LCCN

97037094

OCLC

ocm37546766
37546766
SCSB-9516840

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Princeton University Library