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Wakinyan is an excellent overview of Lakota religious thought and practice, introducing readers to its essential components.

Through finely detailed descriptions of rituals and various types of religious figures, Stephen E. Feraca explains the significance of such practices such as the

Sun Dance

Sweat Lodge ritual

Vision quest

Yuwipi ritual and peyote use

He also discusses the significance of herbs and religious artifacts and objects and explains the roles and responsibilities of medicine men and other religious practitioners.

First written as a report for the Department of the Interior in 1963, Wakinyan has long been recognized as a classic study of Lakota religion.

This edition retains most of the original text, with its first rate ethnographic descriptions of religious practices.

The author's new endnotes bring the reader up to date on changes in Lakota religion during the last three decades.

CONDITION: Hard Cover with DJ, nearly new with light wear to DJ from shelving, 103 pages