The Dakota way of life / Ella Cara Deloria, edited by Raymond J. DeMallie and Thierry Veyrie ; afterword by Philip J. Deloria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deloria, Ella Cara, author.

Contributor:

DeMallie, Raymond J., 1946-2021, editor.

Veyrié, Thierry, editor.

Deloria, Philip Joseph, writer of afterword.

Series:

Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dakota Indians--Kinship.

Dakota Indians.

Dakota Indians--Social life and customs.

Lakota Indians--Kinship.

Lakota Indians.

Lakota Indians--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (435 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

Summary:

Ella Cara Deloria was the most prolific Native scholar of the greater Sioux Nation, and the results of her lifelong work comprise an essential source for the study of the greater Sioux Nation culture and language.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Presentation of Ella Cara Deloria

Editorial Note

Pronunciation Guide

Table of Kinship Terms

Introduction

1. The Camp Circle

2. Law and Order

3. The Family

4. The Home

5. Courtship and Marriage

6. Wedded Life

7. Death and Burial

8. Relatives of Marriage

9. Formal Relatives of Birth

10. Informal Relatives of Birth

11. Relatives of Social Kinship

12. Birth and Infancy

13. Preadolescence

14. Adolescence

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

"Published by the University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-389) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Deloria, Ella Cara The Dakota Way of Life

ISBN:

9781496234278