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The Sioux - Life and Customs of a Warrior Society (Paperback, New edition)
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The Sioux - Life and Customs of a Warrior Society (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Civilization of American Indian S., Vol 72
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For many people the Sioux, as warriors and as buffalo hunters, have
become the symbol of all that is Indian colorful figures endowed
with great fortitude and powerful vision. They were the heroes of
the Great Plains, and they were the villains, too.Royal B. Hassrick
here attempts to describe the ways of the people, the patterns of
their behavior, and the concepts of their imagination. Uniquely, he
has approached the subject from the Sioux's own point of view,
giving their own interpretation of their world in the era of its
greatest vigor and renown -the brief span of years from about 1830
to 1870. In addition to printed sources, the author has drawn from
the observation and records of a number of Sioux who were still
living when this book was projected, and were anxious to serve as
links to the vanished world of their forebears. Because it is true
that men become in great measure what they think and want
themselves to be, it is important to gain this insight into Sioux
thought of a century ago. Apparently, the most significant theme in
their universe was that man was a minute but integral part of that
universe. The dual themes of self-expression and self-denial
reached through their lives, helping to explain their utter defeat
soon after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. When the opportunity
to resolve the conflict with the white man in their own way was
lost, their very reason for living was lost, too. There are
chapters on the family and the sexes, fun, the scheme of war,
production, the structure of the nation, the way to status, and
other aspects of Sioux life.
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