Oglala Religion (Religion and Spirituality)
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ISBN: 0803287062 / Publisher: Bison Books, July 1977
Surveys past and present religious beliefs and practices of the Oglala Sioux, relating them to Oglala social and cultural identity and the preservation of that identity
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This study seeks to explain how one group of Native Americans, the Oglala Sioux, has preserved its social and cultural identity despite formidable attempts by the U.S. government to eliminate tribal societies. Treating continuity and change as two aspects of the same phenomenon, it focuses on the nature of the uniquely Oglala values that persist, their modes of cultural expression, and the processes by which they are replicated.
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