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Cosmology and Moral Community in the Lakota Sun Dance: Reconceptualizing J. R. Walker's Account book cover

1st Edition

Cosmology and Moral Community in the Lakota Sun Dance Reconceptualizing J. R. Walker's Account

By Fritz Detwiler Copyright 2022
150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge
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Drawing on Indigenous methodologies, this book uses a close analysis of James R. Walker’s 1917 monograph on the Lakota Sun Dance to explore how the Sun Dance communal ritual complex – the most important Lakota ceremony – creates moral community, providing insights into the cosmology and worldview of Lakota tradition. The book uses Walker’s primary source to conduct a reading of the Sun Dance... Read more

Introduction

1. The Lakota

2. Čhaŋgléška wakȟáŋ: the Lakota world

3. Candidacy part 1: individual and communal responsibilities

4. Candidacy part 2: the Journey to the Sun Dance site

5. The Preliminary Camp

6. The Ceremonial Camp, days one and two

7. The Ceremonial Camp, days three and four

8. Concluding thoughts

Appendix A: phonetic guide

Appendix B: glossary

Biography

Fritz Detwiler is Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Leadership at Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan, USA. His specialty is Native American ontologies. Fritz is a charter member of the Society for the Study of Native American Sacred Traditions and has functioned as its treasurer and meeting coordinator since the society’s inception.

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