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Title: Lakota Belief and Ritual by James R. Walker, Raymond J. Demallie, Elaine A. Jahner ISBN: 0-8032-9731-9 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Primary research materials; an essential history
Comment: Lakota Belief and Ritual is a book rich in oral history. It was recorded at the a time when there were First Nations members who had the personal experiences of a lifetime and whose tradition was an oral tradition. Dr. Walker (a physician and anthropologist) collected and preserved this oral history in the face of the destruction of most First Nation's cultures through the intervention of the European cultures.
The narratives are all excellent and there are 90 + documents containing those first-person narratives along with several photographs.
The Bison Books edition has an extensive (and very valuable) series of appendices, including an extensive (modern) bibliography.
The original Walker papers (or the majority, at any rate) are now part of the Colorado Historical Society collection.
A first rate piece of work by the editors, DeMallie & Jahner, working from the primary materials created and preserved by Dr. Walker and his family.
An invaluable work. This book -or at least excerpts- should be part of any text on U.S. History. The inclusion of First Nations culture in our textbooks is rare, indeed.
Rating: 5
Summary: True story of a medical doctor that became a Wicasa Wakan
Comment: James Walker went to the Pine Ridge reservation in 1896 (as a Christian) to serve the indians as a Medical Doctor.
18 years later when he left the reservation; he had adopted the Sioux form of Spirituality, and had become a wicasa wakan (holy man). He was trained by George Sword, and other medicine and holy people.
Some of this material is very dry, and dificult reading because a large part of the book (expecially the rituals and myths) were translated into English from the Language of the Sioux. But if you have a sincere wish to understand this form of Spirituality; this book is well worth reading.
I do wish to confirm one statement in this book by wicasa wakan (George Sword). "Any pipe can be used in a sacred manner" I could NOT agree more! I have used a meerschaum pipe, a pipestone (catlinite) pipe, and a briar pipe. The condition of the heart and mind is far more important than the kind of pipe one uses.
I encourage questions and comments about my reviews; Two Bears.
Wah doh Ogedoda (We give thanks Great Spirit)
Rating: 5
Summary: Lakota Belief and Ritual
Comment: This book is the litmus test for subsequent interpretations of the Lakota religion. Since the true authors felt that their culture was disappearing, they were extremely forthcoming with their information to Dr. Walker. All Lakota expressions of religion that follow this revelation of the Lakota medicine men are in fact derivative of it. Some have questioned the qualifications of the "informants" within Lakota society, but I have seen no contemporary Lakota belief or ritual that deviates from the broad strokes of this book. If you truly want to learn about traditional Lakota religion, start here, and then move on to Raymond J. DeMallie's edited texts under the title The Sixth Grandfather.
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Title: Lakota Society by J. R. Walker, Raymond J. Demallie, James R. Walker ISBN: 0803297378 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Lakota Ritual of the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) by Raymond A. Bucko ISBN: 0803261659 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.37 |
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Title: Reading and Writing the Lakota Language: Lakota Lyapi UN Wowapi by Albert White Hat, Albert White, Jael Kampfe, Albert White Hat ISBN: 0874805724 Publisher: University of Utah Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux (Civilization of the American Indian Series, Vol 36) by Joseph Epes Brown ISBN: 0806121246 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1989 List Price(USD): $9.79 |
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Title:Lakota Pipe & Ceremonial Songs ASIN: B00000GBYJ Publisher: Canyon Records Pub. Date: 05 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $15.98 |
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