Wakinyan : Lakota religion in the twentieth century / Stephen E. Feraca. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feraca, Stephen E., 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lakota Indians--Religion.

Lakota Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 104 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wakinyan is an excellent overview of Lakota religious thought and practice, introducing readers to its essential components. Through finely detailed descriptions of rituals and various types of religious figures, Stephen E. Feraca explains the significance of such practices as the Sun Dance, sweat lodge ritual, vision quest, Yuwipi ritual, and peyote use. He also discusses the significance of herbs and religious artifacts and objects and explains the roles and responsibilities of medicine men and other religious practitioners.

First written as a report for the Department of the Interior in 1963, Wakinyan has long been recognized as a classic study of Lakota religion. This edition retains most of the original text, with its first-rate ethnographic descriptions of religious practices. The author's new endnotes bring the reader up to date on changes in Lakota religion during the last three decades.

Contents:

Brief history of the Lakotas

Sun dance

Vision quest

Yuwipi

Other ceremonies and practices

Peyotism

Herbalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-104).

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-33177-4