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Black Elk's religion : the sun dance and Lakota Catholicism Cover Image Book

Black Elk's religion : the sun dance and Lakota Catholicism / Clyde Holler.

Holler, Clyde. (Author).

Summary:

In this religious history of the spiritual life of the great Lakota leader Black Elk, Clyde Holler reconstructs the development of the Lakota Sun Dance--the central religious ritual of the Lakota tradition, which is essential to understanding Black Elk's thought.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0815603649
  • ISBN: 9780815603641
  • ISBN: 0815626762
  • ISBN: 9780815626763
  • Physical Description: xxxi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1995.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index.

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Subject: Black Elk, 1863-1950.
Catholic Church > Missions > Great Plains > History.
Indian religion.
Indians.
Lakota catholicism.
Oglala Indians > Religion.
Oglala Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Oglala philosophy.
Sun dance.

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