Yuwipi : vision and experience in Oglala ritual / William K. Powers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powers, William K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oglala Indians--Religion.

Oglala Indians.

Oglala Indians--Rites and ceremonies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1982]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A profoundly spiritual book, Yuwipi describes a present-day Oglala Sioux healing ritual that is performed for a wide range of personal crises. The vivid narrative centers on the experience of a hypothetical father and son in need of spiritual and physical assistance. The author combines the Yuwipi ceremony with two ancient Sioux rituals often performed in conjunction with it, the vision quest and the sweat lodge. Wayne Runs Again, suffering from alcoholism and worried about his father's health, seeks out a shaman who, while bound in darkness, calls on supernatural beings to free

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Maps; Location of Pine Ridge Reservation; Pine Ridge Reservation; Introduction; Prelude; Sacred Stones; The Sweat Lodge: Inside; The Vision Quest: On the Hill; Preparing for the Sing; The Vision Talk; Calling the Spirits; The Curing; The Feast; The Vision Quest: Off the Hill; The Sweat Lodge: Outside; Postlude; An Anthropological View; Bibliography; Glossary and Index of Lakota Terms; Subject Index; Author Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780803287938

0803287933

OCLC:

881165328