The sacred pipe
Subtitle: Black Elk's account of the seven rites of the Oglala Sioux
By: recorded & edited by Joseph Epes Brown.
Contributors: Brown, Joseph Epes.
Edition: [1st pbk. ed.]
Series: The Civilization of the American Indian series -- v. 36
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780806121246
Subjects: Oglala Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gift of the sacred pipe; title: Keeping of the soul; title: Inipi: Rite of purification; title: Hanblecheyapi: Crying for a vision; title: Wiwanyag Wachipi: Sun dance; title: Hunkapi: Making of relatives; title: Ishna Ta Awi Cha Lowan: Preparing a girl for womanhood; title: Tapa Wanka Yap: The throwing of the ball.