The Red Road and other narratives of the Dakota Sioux / Samuel Mniyo and Robert Goodvoice ; edited by Daniel M. Beveridge ; with Jurgita Antoine ; foreword by David R. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mniyo, Samuel I., 1929-1999, author.

Goodvoice, Robert, 1901-1986, author.

Contributor:

Beveridge, Dan, editor.

Series:

Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians

Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dakota Indians--Social life and customs.

Dakota Indians.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, [2020]

Summary:

"The Red Road and Other Narratives of the Dakota Sioux presents the Red Road and the Holy Dance (also called the Medicine Dance), two of the most important traditions of the Dakota people, as told by Samuel Mniyo and Robert Goodvoice, two Dakota men from the Wahpeton Dakota Nation near Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / David R. Miller

Part 1. Editor's introduction. The Red Road (Canku Duta) and the Holy Dance (Wakan Wacipi) ; Four strands, one rope ; The Dakota Oyate (Dakota Nation) ; The Wakan Wacipi (Holy dance) and Canku Duta (Red Road) in comparative perspective ; Organization of the book

Part 2. The narratives of Samuel Mniyo (Sam Buffalo) Introduction ; Why and how this story was written ; Who taught me these stories ; The era of the Red Road Journey (Tiwopida Oihduhe) ; The Dakota turning point: the Dakota divided (three versions) ; The Circle Power era (Tiyoti Oihduhe) ; The trading and reserve era or the Christian era and adjusting to life on reserves ; The present challenge ; Samuel Mniyo's own story

Part 3. The narratives of Robert Goodvoice. Traditional history ; Relations with the white men ; The move to Prince Albert

Part 4. The Wakan Wacipi songs and song stick of Henry Two Bear and the pictographic notebooks of James Black (Jim Sapa). Introduction / Daniel M. Beveridge ; Discovering the Wakan Wacipi Dakota song stick / Daniel M. Beveridge ; Henry Two Bear: transcriber of the songs and keeper of the song stick / comments by Samuel Mniyo and Daniel M. Beveridge ; The Henry Two Bear song stick or song board (Wakan Dowanpi) / Daniel M. Beveridge ; The songs of the Wakan Wacipi / Daniel M. Beveridge and Jurgita Antoine ; The songs of the Wakan Wacipi (Wakan Wacipi Odowan) / as written down by Henry Two Bear and translated by Jurgita Antoine ; James Black, keeper of the notebooks, and the last Wakan Wacipi ceremony / Samuel Mniyo ; The pictographic notebooks of James Black (Jim Sapa) / Daniel M. Beveridge ; Postscript / Daniel M. Beveridge

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781496214621

1496214625

OCLC:

1128885715

Publisher Number:

99987451017