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Author Black Elk, 1863-1950.

Title The sacred pipe : Black Elk's account of the seven rites of the Oglala Sioux / recorded & edited by Joseph Epes Brown.

Imprint Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1989.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  970.62 B561s 1989    ---  Available
Edition [1st pbk. ed.].
Description xx, 143 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series The Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 36
Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 36.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Gift of the sacred pipe -- Keeping of the soul -- Inipi: Rite of purification -- Hanblecheyapi: Crying for a vision -- Wiwanyag Wachipi: Sun dance -- Hunkapi: Making of relatives -- Ishna Ta Awi Cha Lowan: Preparing a girl for womanhood -- Tapa Wanka Yap: Throwing of the ball.
Subject Oglala Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.
Added Author Brown, Joseph Epes.
ISBN 0806121246
9780806121246

 
    
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