Lakota Myth
By: James R. Walker ; edited by Elaine A. Jahner
Contributors: Jahner, Elaine, 1942-
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Lincoln, NB
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Oglala Indians -- Religion.; Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Religion.; Oglala Indians -- Legends; Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Legends.
Description: Publisher description: The papers of James R. Walker, physician to the Pine Ridge Sioux from 1896 to 1914, are noted for the information they have yielded about Lakota life and culture. This third volume of previously unpublished material from the Walker collection presents his work with Lakota myth and legend. Three categories of literature are represented: tales that are classic examples of Lakota oral literature, narratives that were known only to a few Oglala holy men, and Walker's literary cycle representing his attempts to systematize all he had learned about Lakota myth.
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