Lakota society
By: James R. Walker ; edited by Raymond J. DeMallie.
Contributors: DeMallie, Raymond J., 1946-
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Lincoln, Neb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Social life and customs.; Oglala Indians -- Social life and customs.
Description: Publisher description: As agency physician on the Pine Ridge Reservation from 1896 to 1914, Dr. James R. Walker recorded a wealth of information on the traditional lifeways of the Oglala Sioux. Lakota Society presents the primary accounts of Walker's informants and his syntheses dealing with the organization of camps and bands, kinship systems, beliefs, ceremonies, hunting, warfare, and methods of measuring time.
Notes: "Published in cooperation with the Colorado Historical Society." Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-193) and index.

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