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Lakota myth / James R. Walker ; edited by Elaine A. Jahner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1983.Description: xii, 428 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0803297068 (pbk.)
  • 9780803297067 (pbk.)
  • 0803247265 (hard)
  • 9780803247260 (hard)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Lakota myth.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 978 W177L
LOC classification:
  • E99.O3 W1715 1983
Summary: 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 This third volume of previously unpublished material from the Walker collection presents his work with Lakota myth and legend.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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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 978 W177L (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 063491

"Published in cooperation with the Colorado Historical Society."

"A Bison book, BB 848"--Spine.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [407]-411.

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 This third volume of previously unpublished material from the Walker collection presents his work with Lakota myth and legend.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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