| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians series
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Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians.
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| Note |
Published in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. The Lakota People; 2. The Sky; 3. Lakota Culture; 4. The Stars and Constellations; 5. The Sun and Moon; 6. Telling Time; 7. Eclipses and the Aurora Borealis; 8. Meteors and Comets; 9. The Sun Dance; 10. Contemporary Lakota Astronomy; 11. The Spirit and the Sky; Appendix: List of Museums; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
The interest of nineteenth-century Lakotas in the sun, moon, and stars was an essential part of their never-ending quest to understand the universe. "The Spirit and the Sky" presents a survey of the ethnoastronomy of the nineteenth-century Lakota and relates Lakota astronomy to their cultural practices and beliefs. The center of Lakota belief is the unfathomable and sacred nature of the world in which they live and of the stars above-extraordinary and wakhan (mysterious)-both of which constitute an integral part of this holistic world. Mark Hollabaugh offers a detailed analysis of all aspects of Lakota culture that have a bearing on their astronomy, including telling time, Lakota names for the stars and constellations as they appeared on the Great Plains, and the phenomena of meteor showers, eclipses, and the aurora borealis. Hollabaugh's explanation of the cause of the aurora that occurred at the death of Black Elk in 1950 is a new contribution to ethnoastronomy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lakota cosmology.
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Lakota cosmology. |
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Astronomy -- Great Plains -- History -- 19th century.
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Astronomy. |
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Great Plains. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Indian astronomy -- Great Plains.
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Indian astronomy. |
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Indian cosmology.
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Indian cosmology. |
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Cosmology -- History -- 19th century.
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Cosmology. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Indiana University, Bloomington. American Indian Studies Research Institute.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hollabaugh, Mark. Spirit and the sky. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017] 9781496200402 (DLC) 2016046918 |
| ISBN |
9781496201454 (pdf) |
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1496201450 (pdf) |
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9781496200402 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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