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Oglala religion.
Author
"Powers, William K."
Publisher
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
Datec1977
ClassificationsMain Library Collection
Object numberE99.O3 P68 / E99.O3 P68 copy 2
Description"xxi, 233 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm." This study seeks to explain how one group of Native Americans, the Oglala Sioux, has preserved its social and cultural identity despite formidable attempts by the U.S. government to eliminate tribal societies. Treating continuity and change as two aspects of the same phenomenon, it focuses on the nature of the uniquely Oglala values that persist, their modes of cultural expression, and the processes by which they are replicated
Oglala Indians -- Religion.
Oglala Indians -- Social life and customs.
Oglala Indians -- Ethnic identity.
Oglala Sioux.
Indianer.
Oglala.
Religion.