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Speaking of Indians / by Ella Deloria ; introduction to the Bison books edition by Vine Deloria Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1998.Description: xix, 163 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0803266146
  • 9780803266148
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E99.T34 D45 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. I. This Man Called Indian -- 1. The Indian Enters America -- 2. Tribal Languages and Culture Areas -- 3. Spiritual Culture Areas -- pt. II. "A Scheme of Life that Worked" -- 4. Kinship's Role in Dakota Life -- 5. Life in Tipi and Camp-Circle -- 6. Praying for Power -- 7. Education -- by Precept and Example -- 8. Economics: Giving to Have -- pt. III. The Reservation Picture -- 9. "The Old Order Changeth" -- 10. Life in Log Cabin and on Allotments -- 11. Christians of the First Generation -- 12. The New Education -- 13. Economics: Getting to have -- pt. IV. The Present Crisis -- 14. Indian Life in Wartime -- 15. Toward the New Community.
Summary: The author presents a study of the life of the Dakota Sioux, written in 1944, that describes their origins, language families, culture, and unique kinship system that defined them as a people.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks E99.T34D45 1998 Available 33710001182075

"Bison books"--Page i.

Originally published: New York : Friendship Press, 1944.

pt. I. This Man Called Indian -- 1. The Indian Enters America -- 2. Tribal Languages and Culture Areas -- 3. Spiritual Culture Areas -- pt. II. "A Scheme of Life that Worked" -- 4. Kinship's Role in Dakota Life -- 5. Life in Tipi and Camp-Circle -- 6. Praying for Power -- 7. Education -- by Precept and Example -- 8. Economics: Giving to Have -- pt. III. The Reservation Picture -- 9. "The Old Order Changeth" -- 10. Life in Log Cabin and on Allotments -- 11. Christians of the First Generation -- 12. The New Education -- 13. Economics: Getting to have -- pt. IV. The Present Crisis -- 14. Indian Life in Wartime -- 15. Toward the New Community.

The author presents a study of the life of the Dakota Sioux, written in 1944, that describes their origins, language families, culture, and unique kinship system that defined them as a people.