The Dakota way of life

Deloria, Ella Cara (author.). DeMallie, Raymond J., 1946-2021 (editor.). Veyrié, Thierry, (editor.). Deloria, Philip Joseph, (writer of afterword.).

Summary: "Ella Cara Deloria devoted much of her life to the study of the language and culture of the Sioux (Dakota and Lakota). The Dakota Way of Life is the result of the long history of her ethnographic descriptions of traditional Dakota culture and social life."--

Record details

ISBN: 149623359X
ISBN: 9781496233592
ISBN: 149623426X
ISBN: 9781496234261
ISBN: 1496234278
ISBN: 9781496234278
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxii, 402 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
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Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Published by the University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- The camp circle -- Law and order -- The family -- The home -- Courtship and marriage -- Wedded life -- Death and burial -- Relatives of marriage -- Formal relatives of birth -- Informal relatives of birth -- Relatives of social kinship -- Birth and infancy -- Pre-adolescence -- Adolescence -- Afterword / by Philip J. Deloria.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed November 7, 2022).