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Ella Cara Deloria was the most prolific Native scholar of the greater Sioux Nation, and the results of her lifelong work comprise an essential source for the study of the greater Sioux Nation culture and language.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Presentation of Ella Cara Deloria
Editorial Note
Pronunciation Guide
Table of Kinship Terms
Introduction
1. The Camp Circle
2. Law and Order
3. The Family
4. The Home
5. Courtship and Marriage
6. Wedded Life
7. Death and Burial
8. Relatives of Marriage
9. Formal Relatives of Birth
10. Informal Relatives of Birth
11. Relatives of Social Kinship
12. Birth and Infancy
13. Preadolescence
14. Adolescence
Afterword by Phillip J. Deloria
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Ella Cara Deloria (1889–1971), a member of a prominent Yankton Sioux family, was born on the Yankton Reservation and lived as a child on the Standing Rock Reservation. She studied at Columbia University and is the author of three other books, including
Waterlily,
Speaking of Indians, and
Dakota Texts, all available in Bison Books editions.
Raymond J. DeMallie (1946–2021) was Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and former director of the American Indian Studies Research Institute.
Thierry Veyrié is a research associate at the American Indian Studies Research Institute.
Summary
Ella Cara Deloria was the most prolific Native scholar of the greater Sioux Nation, and the results of her lifelong work comprise an essential source for the study of the greater Sioux Nation culture and language.
