Contributions

  • Fitzgerald, Joseph A., 1977- editor - Contributor
  • Trimble, Charles E., writer of foreword - Contributor

Publication

2016 - World Wisdom, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana

Language

English

Word Count

74,250 words, Guess

Page Count

297 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101936597519
  • ISBN-139781936597512
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016013568
  • OCLC Control Number935986422
  • Better World Books9781936597512
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC978.004/975244
  • LCCML3557 .D376 2016
  • LCCML3557.D376 2016

Description

"Sometime in August of 1913, two Sioux warriors, Old Buffalo and Swift Dog, met with Frances Densmore at a makeshift recording site in McLaughlin, South Dakota. What Old Buffalo and Swift Dog said that day--about life as they knew it before the reservation era began--lives on still in the pages of this fascinating book. Densmore went on to interview numerous Teton (or Lakota) Sioux men and women, and collected their songs as well as stories of their former way of life on the Plains. The present version is an abridged and illustrated edition of Teton Sioux Music. It has been skillfully edited to focus less on musical technicalia and more on the cultural value of Densmore's work. Its subjects include the Sun Dance, dreams, treatment of the sick, military societies, buffalo hunts, and social dances. Also included are 110 color and black-and-white illustrations, which further bring to life the world of the Teton Sioux Indians."--Back cover.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • The library of perennial philosophy. American Indian traditions series
  • Library of perennial philosophy

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