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Lakota : seeking the Great Spirit.
LIBRA E99.D1 L22 1994
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Native American wisdom
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dakota Indians--Folklore.
- Dakota Indians--Social life and customs.
- Dakota philosophy.
- Dakota Indians.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- 57 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 17 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1994.
- Summary:
- This exquisitely illustrated volume presents a concise account of history of the Lakota and of the practice and fundamental principles of their spiritual and ceremonial life, from the appearance of the White Buffalo Woman and the observance of the Seven Sacred Rites to the Vision quest, the sweat lodge, and an ultimate communion with Wakan-Tanka, the Great Spirit.
- Contents:
- The life of the Lakota
- Lakota wisdom
- The sun and moon of the Lakota
- The ritual pipe and the seven sacred rites
- Sweat Lodge Ceremony: Inikagapi
- Vision Quest: Hanbelachia
- Sun Dance: Wiwanyang Wacipi
- Spirit-Keeping and other sacred rites
- A story good to tell.
- Notes:
- "A Labyrinth book"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-60).
- ISBN:
- 081180450X
- 9780811804509
- OCLC:
- 27143768
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