Contributions

  • Jahner, Elaine, 1942- - Contributor

Publication

1983 - University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NB, Nebraska

Language

English

Word Count

107,000 words, Guess

Page Count

428 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing367226
  • Goodreads1814211

Classifications

  • LCCE99'O3'W171'1983

Description

Publisher description: The papers of James R. Walker, physician to the Pine Ridge Sioux from 1896 to 1914, are noted for the information they have yielded about Lakota life and culture. This third volume of previously unpublished material from the Walker collection presents his work with Lakota myth and legend. Three categories of literature are represented: tales that are classic examples of Lakota oral literature, narratives that were known only to a few Oglala holy men, and Walker's literary cycle representing his attempts to systematize all he had learned about Lakota myth.

Subjects

Topics

LegendsReligionFolkloreOglala IndiansIndian mythologyOglala mythologyReligion and mythology

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