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Oglala women : myth, ritual, and reality

Title
Oglala women : myth, ritual, and reality / Marla N. Powers.
Author
Powers, Marla N.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986.

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Book/TextUse in library E99.O3 P67 1986Off-site

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Description
xv, 241 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
Examines the relationships between Oglala Indian men and women and discusses the roles of women in Oglala society.
Series Statement
Women in culture and society
Uniform Title
Women in culture and society
Subject
  • Oglala women
  • Oglala Indians > Social life and customs
  • Indian women > South Dakota
  • Indian women
  • Oglala Indians > Social life and customs
  • Oglala women
  • Frau
  • Oglala
  • Soziale Rolle
  • Indian women > North America > South Dakota
  • Indians of North America > South Dakota > Social life and customs
  • Indiennes d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord
  • Oglala (Indiens) > Rites et cérémonies
  • Oglala (Indiens) > Moeurs et coutumes
  • Iwi taketake
  • femme > Oglala (peuple)
  • South Dakota
  • Oglala
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 223-233
Contents
The past, historical prelude -- The Buffalo Nation -- Wincincala: girlhood -- Wikoskalaka: adolescence -- Winyan: womanhood -- Winunhcala: old age -- The present, growing up Oglala -- Making the mark -- It's the men who are the chiefs -- Hard times -- All my relations -- Sex roles and social structure.
ISBN
  • 0226677486
  • 9780226677484
  • 0226677494
  • 9780226677491
LCCN
85024499
OCLC
  • ocm12664051
  • 12664051
  • SCSB-637521
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library