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title:Sacred Language : The Nature of Supernatural Discourse in Lakota Civilization of the American Indian Series ; V. 179
author:Powers, William K.
publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin:080612458X
print isbn13:9780806124582
ebook isbn13:9780585194073
language:English
subjectDakota language--Religious aspects, Lakota dialect, Sacred songs, Dakota Indians--Religion.
publication date:1992
lcc:E99.D1P83 1992eb
ddc:497/.5
subject:Dakota language--Religious aspects, Lakota dialect, Sacred songs, Dakota Indians--Religion.
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Sacred Language
The Nature Of Supernatural Discourse in Lakota
By William K. Powers
University of Oklahoma Press : Norman
Page vi
Indians of the Northern Plains (New York, 1969)
Indians of the Southern Plains (New York, 1971)
Oglala Religion (Lincoln, Nebr., 1977)
Yuwipi: Vision and Experience in Oglala Ritual (Lincoln, Nebr., 1982)
Sacred Language: The Nature of Supernatural Discourse in Lakota (Norman, 1986)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Powers, William K.
Sacred language.
(The Civilization of the American Indian series; #179)
Bibliography: p. 233
Includes index.
1. Dakota languageReligious aspects. 2. Lakota
dialect. 3. Sacred songs. 4. Dakota IndiansReligion and
mythology. I. Title. II. Series: Civilization of the
American Indian series; v. 179.
E99. D1P83 1986 497.5 8640079
ISBN: 0-8061-2009-6 (cloth)
ISBN: 0-8061-2458-x (paper)
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc.
Copyright 1986 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First paperback printing, 1992.
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Page vii
To Marla
Page ix
Contents
Preface
xv
Introduction
3
1
Incomprehensible Terms
11
2
Oglala Song Terminology
42
3
Song Texts
70
4
Containing the Sacred
103
5
Sacred Numbers
127
6
Naming the Sacred
145
7
Shamans and Priests
164
Appendices
Picture 2
Appendix A Phonological Key
199
Picture 3
Appendix B Glossary
201
Notes
221
Bibliography
233
Index
243

Page xi
Illustrations
Page
Short Bull, a famous Oglala medicine man
18
Henry Standing Bear
27
Pete Catches
34
William Horn Cloud
48
Singers at Sun Dance
53
Boys' band at Holy Rosary Mission
62
William Spotted Crow
83
Short Bull as an old man
92
George Plenty Wolf
108
Lakota funeral
115
Mass in an Oglala cabin
121
Frank Fools Crow
129
Julie Plenty Wolf
133
Raising the Sacred Pole
137
Sun Dance
141
Kettle Dance
143
The Grandfathers: Little Killer and Little Shield
150
Wendle Smoke and Peter Iron Cloud
157
Pete Catches
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