Being Dakota: Tales and Traditions of the Sisseton and Wahpeton [Paperback]

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Amos E. Oneroad moved in two worlds. Educated in traditional Dakota ways, he also earned a divinity degree from Columbia University and become a Presbyterian minister. In 1914 he began working with Alanson B. Skinner, a student of anthropology whom he met in New York City. Oneroad wrote these stories; Skinner planned to edit and publish the work. But Skinner's untimely death in 1925 thwarted their plans, and the manuscript languished for seventy-five years in a California library. Laura L. Anderson, who teaches anthropology at the University of Oklahoma, has edited this unusual document, which offers a fresh look at what it means to be Dakota.

Preface 000Introduction 000The Sisseton-Wahpeton Community 000Amos Enos Oneroad (Mahpiyasna) 000Alanson Buck Skinner 000The Manuscript 000Sisseton and Wahpeton Traditions and Customs 000Civil and Military Organization 000Tribal Divisions 000Officers, Government, Warriors, and War Customs 000Social Life and Organizations 000Societies and Ceremonies 000Life of the Individual 000Dakota Naming Customs 000Puberty Fasting and Dreaming 000Courtship, Marriage, Polygamy, and Divorce 000Mortuary Customs and the Hereafter 000Material Culture 000Houses, costumes, etc. 000Dress 000Dwellings 000Household utensils 000Games 000Sisseton and Wahpeton Tales and Folklore 000Introduction 000The Adventures of Iktomi 0001. Iktomi and His Member 0002. Iktomi and the Bathing Girls 0003. Iktomi and the Mysterious Raccoon 0004. Iktomi and the Gopher 0005. Iktomi Is Caught in a Skull 0006. Iktomi and the Elk 0007. Iktomi and the Nighthawk 0008. Iktomi and the Turkey Buzzard 0009. Iktomi Has Revenge Upon the Buzzard 00010. Iktomi and the Ducks 00011. Iktomi and the Artichoke 00012. Iktomi and the Roseberries 00013. Iktomi and the Two Girls 00014. Iktomi and the Raccoon Family 00015. Iktomi and the Fox 00016. Iktomi and the Hare 00017. Iktomi Visits the Squirrel 00018. Iktomi and the Beaver 0ls!