The Spirit and the Sky: Lakota Visions of the Cosmos - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark HollabaughSeries:Studies in the Anthropology of North American IndiansPublish date:2018-10-01Pages:276
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496208231ISBN-10:1496208234UPC:9781496208231Book Category:Social Science, ScienceBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, Space ScienceBook Topic:American, AstronomySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCVC3JPW2W
The interest of nineteenth-century Lakotas in the Sun, the Moon, and the stars was an essential part of their never-ending quest to understand their world. The Spirit and the Sky presents a survey of the ethnoastronomy of the nineteenth-century Lakotas and relates Lakota astronomy to their cultural practices and beliefs. The center of Lakota belief is the incomprehensible, extraordinary, and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496208231ISBN-10:1496208234UPC:9781496208231Book Category:Social Science, ScienceBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, Space ScienceBook Topic:American, AstronomySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCVC3JPW2W
Mark Hollabaugh is an emeritus instructor of physics and astronomy at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
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