Singing for a Spirit : A Portrait of the Dakota Sioux,9781574160253

Singing for a Spirit : A Portrait of the Dakota Sioux

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ISBN13: 9781574160253
ISBN10: 1574160257
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-08-01
Publisher(s): Clear Light Pub
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Summary

The vision experiences of one man -- a Dakota chief and healer -- would profoundly affect the lives of four generations of the Deloria family. That man was the author's great-grandfather. In this book America's foremost Native American writer and scholar tells of the moving struggle of his family to preserve integrity, sacredness, and a sense of purpose in a time when their way of life was under assault by the juggernaut of U.S. westward expansion.

Table of Contents

PART I: A VISION AND A PROPHECY
Introduction
3(3)
Saswe
6(33)
Tipi Sapa
39(54)
PART II: THE PEOPLE OF TIPI SAPA
Sarah Olden
The Origin of the Indians
93(8)
The Circle
101(8)
Bands -- Wicoti
109(8)
Husbands and Wives
117(16)
Sons and Daughters
133(14)
Games
147(6)
Societies
153(19)
War Stories
172(7)
Communicating with Spirits
179(16)
The Sun Dance and Vision Quest
195(10)
A Bundle of Tobacco
205(6)
Afterword 211(16)
Index 227

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