Research Catalog

Title

Sundancing : the great Sioux piercing ritual / Thomas E. Mails.

Author

Mails, Thomas E.

Publication

• Tulsa, OK : Council Oak Books, [1998]
• ©1998

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Details

Description

xi, 338 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Summary

To the Plains Indians, the Sun Dance has traditionally been a profound religious ceremony, the highest form of worship of the Most Holy One. Thomas E. Mails was invited to attend and record in detail the Sioux Sun Dances at Rosebud and Pine Ridge. This was a singular honor no white man has been accorded before or since. The result is this groundbreaking work, illustrated with rare photographs and stunning four-color paintings.

Uniform Title

Sundancing at Rosebud and Pine Ridge

Alternative Title

Sundancing at Rosebud and Pine Ridge

Subject

• Sun dance > South Dakota
• Dakota Indians > Rites and ceremonies
• Danse du Soleil > Dakota du Sud
• Dakota > Rites et cérémonies
• Dakota Indians > Rites and ceremonies
• Sun dance
• Dakota (Indiens) > Rites et cérémonies
• Danse du Soleil > États-Unis > Dakota du Sud
• Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)
• Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)
• Rosebud Indian Reservation (Dak. du S.)
• Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Dak. du S.)
• South Dakota > Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
• South Dakota
• South Dakota > Rosebud Indian Reservation

Note

• Originally published: Sundancing at Rosebud and Pine Ridge. Sioux Falls, S.D. : Center for Western Studies, 1978.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-201) and index.

Contents

Prelude to the Sun Dance: Where the Past Still Lives in the Present / Thomas E. Mails -- Terminology and Sources / Thomas E. Mails -- Sioux History: Tetons, Oglalas, Brules / Thomas E. Mails -- The Vow and the Sun Dance Pledgers of 1974 / Thomas E. Mails -- The Vision Quest / Thomas E. Mails -- jesse White Lance and the Sun Dance of August 1956 / Eagle Feather -- Preparations for the Sun Dance of 1974 / Eagle Feather -- Preparations for the Sun Dance of 1975 / Thomas E. Mails -- The Sweatlodge and the Sacred Rite of Purification / Eagle Feather -- The Mystery Circle and the Sacred Pipe / Thomas E. Mails -- The Mystery Circle Altar / Thomas E. Mails -- The Preparations Tipi / Thomas E. Mails -- The Sacred Tree of 1974 / Eagle Feather -- The Sun Dance Costume and Body Paint / Thomas E. Mails -- Sun Gazing and Dancing / Eagle Feather -- The Rosebud Sun Dance of july 3-6, 1975 / Thomas E. Mails -- The Pine Ridge Sun Dance / Fools Crow -- Postlude to the Sun Dance / Thomas E. Mails.

ISBN

• 1571780629
• 9781571780621

LCCN

97038346

OCLC

• ocm37675766
• 37675766
• SCSB-571406

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library