THE SUN DANCE OF THE OGLALA J.R. Walker
Necessary for the understanding of Lakota religion. Contains a complete description of the Sun dance, Hunka ceremony, and Buffalo ceremony. Also, translations of texts in which Lakotas discuss the significance of sacred numbers, directions and other aspects. there are 10 narratives related to the creation of the universe, plus other classic stories. 6x9 169 pp. LB 1993 $ 21.95
OGALALA GAMES Louis L. Meeker
Includes men's and women's games with instructions on how to make gaming tools plus rules of the game. 6x9 24 pp. LB 1993 $ 9.95
SIOUAN SOCIOLOGY James Owen Dorsey
A comparison of the social organization of the Seven Fireplaces compared with Assiniboine, Omaha, Ponca, Quapaw, Kansa, Osage, Iowa, Oto, Missouri, Winnebago, Mandan, Hidatsa, Crow, Tutelo, and Catawba. 8
2 x11 36 pp. 9 illus. LB 1993 $ 15.00GENERAL DISCUSSION OF SHAMANISTIC AND DANCING SOCIETIES Clark Wissler
Relationship between spiritual societies, war parties, and the Grass dance. 6x9 23 pp. LB 1993$ 8.95
SOCIETIES OF THE OGLALA Clark Wissler
A seminal work on Oglala social organization divided into Societies for Men (akicita, head men's societies, and war societies), Feast and Dance Associations (dragging feet dance, night dance, praiseworthy women), and "Dream Cults" (Heyoka, Elk, Double Woman, and others. 6x9 99 pp. 9 illus. LB 1993 $ 21.95
LAKOTA CEREMONIES Alice C. Fletcher
Includes descriptions of The White Buffalo Festival, The Elk Mystery, the Religious Ceremony of the Four Winds, and The Shadow, or Ghost Lodge. 6x9 48 pp. 9 illus. LB1993 $ 12.95
THE SUN DANCE OF THE KIOWA Leslie Spier
Discusses the full round of activities at an annual Kiowa Sun dance. 6x9 17 pp. LB 1995 $7.95
THE SUN DANCE OF THE CANADIAN DAKOTA W.D. Wallis
After a description of the Sun dance, there is a series of personal narratives by Sun dancers that provide little known insights into the meaning of the dance. 6x9 61 pp. LB 1993 $ 14.95
SOCIETIES OF THE KIOWA Robert H. Lowie
A brief discussion of men's and women's societies. 6x9 14 pp. LB 1995 $7.95
WICOIE WOWAPI KIN-THE WORD BOOK Alfred L. Riggs
A small book of illustrated words and phrases actually used by Dakota children at the end of the 19th century. 6x9 24 pp. 38 illus. LB 1993 $ 8.95
DANCE ASSOCIATIONS OF THE EASTERN DAKOTA Robert H. Lowie
A study of sicieties among the Santee of Santee, Nebraska, and the Sisseton and Wahpeton of Fort Totten, North Dakota and includes the Buffalo dance, Horse dance, Bear dance, among others. 6x9 39 pp. LB 1993 $ 9.95
THREE PICTOGRAPHIC AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF SITTING BULL M. W. Stirling
The life of the famous Hunkpapa medicine man drawn by himself and represented in 46 plates wilth accompanying texts. 6x9 57 pp. 89 illus. LB 1995 $21.95
OGLALA FAIR AND FESTIVAL, PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA
Souvenir Program of the 62nd Anniverary of the Oglala Fair and Festival. Originally published in l941. 6x9 100 pp. 20 illus. LB 1994 $17.50
A NEW PICTOGRAPHIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SITTING BULL. Alexis A. Praus
Yet another pictographic autobiography of Sitting Bull detailed in 13 plates with descriptive texts. 6x9 11 pp.13 illus. LB 1995 $12.95
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SACRED CALF PIPE John L. Smith
Contains an in-depth recitation of the coming of the White Buffalo Calf woman, rituals associated with the Sacred Pipe, a list of Keepers of the Pipe, and past and present treatment of the Calf Bundle. 8
2 x11 47 pp. 13 illus. LB 1994 $21.95THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF LAKOTA NIGHT CULTS Eugene Fugle
Descriptions of what the author calls three varieties of Night Cults: Yuwipi, Eagle Medicine Cult, and Hanhepi Woecun ('night doings'). Includes rich narratives of practitioners and the significance of sacred and directional colors, sacred stones, vision quest, and the significance of these rituals to Lakota religion in general. 8
2x11 37 pp. LB 1994 $21.95THE HARDIN WINTER COUNT David Finster
Drawn by an unknown Rosebud Lakota sometime between 1895 and 1902. 8
2x11 58 pp. LB 1995 $21.95THE COMPLEAT STOMP DANCER James H. Howard
The classic work on the traditional Stomp dance as performed in Eastern Oklahoma. 82x11 23 pp. 7 illus. LB 1995 $9.95
OLD STYLE PLAINS INDIAN DOLLS Joanita Kant
Fifty pages includes 29 photographs plus technical information on beads and other materials used in doll making. 82x11 50 pp. 32 plates LB 1994 $25.95
MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE CROW INDIANS Robert H. Lowie
Discusses a wide range of artifacts including implements and utensils, skin dressing, transportation, shelter, dress and ornament, weapons, pipes, amusements, and war. 6x9 70 pp. 16 illus. LB 1996 $19.95
HEYOKA: RITES OF REVERSAL W. D. Wallis
The most comprehensive study of the well known "clowns" or "contraries" among the Lakota. 8
2x11 114 pp. LB 1996 $25.95THE TETON OR WESTERN DAKOTA James H. Howard
A classic study of the Lakota by an acknowledged expert in the field. This volume contains 17 old-time photographs mainly by J.A. Anderson taken in the 1890's. 8
2x11 24 pp. 24 plates LB 1996 $12.95THE SANTEE James H. Howard
A classic study of the Santee. A companion to the Teton 82x11 20 pp. 9 plates LB 1998 $12.95
THE YANKTON James H. Howard
A classic study of the Yankton. A companion to the Teton and the Santee. 8½ x11 28 pp. LB 1998 $12.95
SOME PROTECTIVE DESIGNS OF THE DAKOTA Clark Wissler
The essential study of design elements that protect the wearer drawn mainly from shields, ghost dance dresses the Whirlwind, Thunder, and Spider designs. 6x9 38 pp. 26 figures 3 plates LB 1998 $12.95
DECORATIVE ARTS OF THE SIOUX INDIANS Clark Wissler
Design elements found in practically every Lakota type of clothing and functional accessories: moccasins, robes, leggings, bags, pipe bags, shirts, knife sheaths, and parfleche boxes. 6x9 70 pp. 21 plates LB 1998 $18.95
WATAKPEYA TANKA-ST. FRANCIS XAVIER Fr. George Schurhammer, S.J. Translated by Emil A. Hawk
The story of St. Francis Xavier in Lakota. Profusely illustrated. Originally published in 1925. 6x9 64 pp. 28 illus. LB 1996 $15.95
PINE RIDGE RESERVATION: A PICTORIAL DESCRIPTION Ralph H. Ross, M.D.
A fascinating pictorial history of Pine Ridge at the turn of the century. Originally published in 1909 by The Oglala Light, a Department of the Oglala Indian Training School publication. 8
2x11 70 pp. 135 photos LB 1996 $20.95GAMES OF TETON DAKOTA CHILDREN J. Owen Dorsey
This information comes from the George Bushotter Collection translated by the author. Discusses games for children and adults played in summer and winter. With Lakota translations of names. Originally published in 1891. 6x9 16 pp. LB 1996 $9.95
DAKOTA GRAMMAR Stephen R. Riggs
One of the earliest grammars of Dakota focusing on parts of speech, correct sentence formation, conjugation of verbs, and modalities. It served as the basis for Eugene Buechel's "Grammar of Lakota." 6x9 111 pp. LB 1998 $21.95
DAKOTA ETHNOGRAPHY Stephen R. Riggs
An excellent description of pre-reservation Lakota and Dakota people including topics such as methods of reckoning time, migrations, the family, social organization and religious life. 6x9 88 pp. LB 1998 $21.95
DAKOTA WOWAPI A B C Stephen R. Riggs
Originally published in 1897. All in Dakota. Used by Dakota children to learn to write their own language. 6x9 20 pp. LB 1998 $7.95
GHOST DANCES IN THE WEST: An Eyewitness
Account Warren K. Moorehead with an Introduction by William K. Powers.Written by the only anthropologoist to atually witness the Ghost dance and report on it for the now-defunct American Illustrated magazine, it offers unique insights into the dance and the Wounded Knee Massacre. Originally published in 1890-91. 8
2x11 40 pp. 38 illus. LB 1998 $18.95WAYAWA TOKAHEYA (The First Reader) Stephen R. Riggs
Originally published in 1873. One of the first Dakota primers to use learn-by-pictures method. Profusely illustrated 4x7 114 pp. LB 1998 $21.95
PONCA SOCIETIES AND DANCES Alanson Skinner
A discussion of Ponca from the perspective of men's and women's dances, and social and political organization. 6x9 24 pp. LB 1998 $8.95
A STUDY OF SIOUAN CULTS: DAKOTA AND ASSINIBOINE by J. Owen Dorsey
Originally published in 1894. One of the earliest studies of Lakota and Dakota religious beliefs. Much of the information is a translation of the Bushotter Texts collected by Dorsey in the 1880's. Excellent description of the Sun dance. 8½x11 76 pp. LB 1999 $24.95
SIOUX LETTERS with English Translations edited by W.J. Cleveland
From the columns of the Daybreak, The Daily Leader Print. Madison, South Dakota, 1894. A collection of letters between Lakota speakers from various reservations written in Lakota with English translations.. 6x9, 32 pp. LB 2000 $9.95
HALF MOON WAY: THE PEYOTE RITUAL OF CHIEF WHITE BEAR by James H. Howard
The Peyote ritual of Chief White Bear. A complete description on the Half Moon Ritual of Levi Whitebear, Kiowa-Comanche, and grandson of the famous chief, Satanta. 8½x11, 39 pp. 16 illus. $14.95
LAKOTA TIWAHE TEHIKILAPI: EHANK'ECUN NA LEHANL. LAKOTA FAMILY VALUES: TRADITIONAL AND MODERN Edited by William K. Powers and Marla N. Powers
Originally published in 1974. Approaches the subject of Lakota values associated with the family from a Lakota perspective and compares the olden days with modern times. Each set of values is determined by the Lakota life cycle, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. Highly illustrated. 8½ x 11 74 pp. $21.95
TIYOŠPAYE: THE NATURE OF THE LAKOTA BAND Edited by William K. Powers
Originally published in 1970. Discussion of the seven original Oglala TiyoÓpayes, their geographical distribution and leadership. Illustrated 8½ x 11 50 pp. $21.95
MYTHOLOGY OF THE OGLALA by Martha W. Beckwith
One of the most influential publications of its time. This brilliant work encompasses innumerable facets of Oglala culture including the Ben Kindle Winter Count (1759-1925 with illustrations); the story of the creation of the Oglala; 23 well known stories including Iron Hawk, the girl who married stars, the man who went after the buffalo horn, and others; eight Inktomi stories; plus narratives on war and peace and lamentations for the old days. 6x9, 103 pp. LB 2003 $24.95
ETHICAL CONCEPTIONS OF THE OGLALA by Helen Blish.
An unusual study of eight Oglala akitcita societies and dance associations from the perspective of ethics and esthetics. Included are the Tokala, Kangi Yuha, Ihoka, Cante T'inza, Sotka Yuha, Wiciska, Miwatani and Omaha. Far ahead of its time in understanding Lakota belief. 6x9 68 pp. LB 2003 $18.95
