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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464295703321

Autore

Howard James H (James Henri), <1925-1982, >

Titolo

Canadian Sioux / / James H. Howard ; with a new foreword by Raymond J. DeMallie and Douglas R. Parks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8032-7379-7

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Disciplina

971/.00497

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Saskatchewan

Dakota Indians

Indians of North America - Manitoba

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Foreword to the Bison Books Edition; Preface; 1. Traditional Sioux Culture; 2. Tribal Divisions; 3. The Sioux in Canada; 4. Traditional History; 5. Warfare; 6. Economy; 7. Social Life; 8. Philosophy and Religion; 9. Ceremonialism, the Woodlands Heritage; 10. Ceremonialism, the Plains Heritage; 11. The Canadian Sioux Today; Appendix: List of Informants; Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Series List

Sommario/riassunto

The Canadian Sioux are descendants of Santees, Yanktonais, and Tetons from the United States who sought refuge in Canada during the 1860's and 1870's. Living today on eight reserves in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, they are the least studied of all the Sioux groups. This book, originally published in 1984, helps fill that gap in the literature and remains relevant even in the twenty-first century. Based on Howard's fieldwork in the 1970's and supplemented by written sources, The Canadian Sioux, Second Edition descriptively reconstructs their traditional culture, many aspects of