The spirit and the sky : Lakota visions of the cosmos / Mark Hollabaugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollabaugh, Mark, author.

Contributor:

Indiana University, Bloomington. American Indian Studies Research Institute.

Series:

Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians.

Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lakota cosmology.

Astronomy--Great Plains--History--19th century.

Astronomy.

Indian astronomy--Great Plains.

Indian astronomy.

Indian cosmology.

Cosmology--History--19th century.

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska ; London, England : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.

Summary:

The interest of nineteenth-century Lakotas in the Sun, the Moon, and the stars was an essential part of their never-ending quest to understand their world. The Spirit and the Sky presents a survey of the ethnoastronomy of the nineteenth-century Lakotas and relates Lakota astronomy to their cultural practices and beliefs.The center of Lakota belief is the incomprehensible, extraordinary, and sacred nature of the world in which they live. The earth beneath and the stars above constitute their holistic world. Mark Hollabaugh offers a detailed analysis of aspects of Lakota culture that have a bearing on Lakota astronomy, including telling time, their names for the stars and constellations as they appeared from the Great Plains, and the phenomena of meteor showers, eclipses, and the aurora borealis. Hollabaugh's explanation of the cause of the aurora that occurred at the death of Black Elk in 1950 is a new contribution to ethnoastronomy.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface and Acknowledgments

1. The Lakota People

2. The Sky

3. Lakota Culture

4. The Stars and Constellations

5. The Sun and Moon

6. Telling Time

7. Eclipses and the Aurora Borealis

8. Meteors and Comets

9. The Sun Dance

10. Contemporary Lakota Astronomy

11. The Spirit and the Sky

Appendix: List of Museums

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Published in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496201454

1496201450

OCLC:

960969235