My Grandfather's Altar - Five Generations of Lakota Holy Men

My Grandfather’s Altar is an oral-literary narrative account of Richard Moves Camp’s family history and traditions.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Editor’s Note
Prologue
Introduction
1. My Grandfather’s Altar
2. Wóptü’a
3. Moves Camp and Horn Chips
4. Grandpa Sam
5. Present Times
Epilogue
Appendix: The Wóptü’a Thióšpaye, a Family History
Glossary
Notes

About the author

Richard Moves Camp (Oglala Lakota) is a fifth-generation Lakota healer, tribal historian, and spiritual leader. He teaches at Sinte Gleska University and lectures on Lakota history, culture, and traditions. In 2021 he was named a Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow. Simon J. Joseph is a lecturer in early Christianity at the University of California–Los Angeles. He is the author of five books, including A Social History of Christian Origins: The Rejected Jesus and Jesus, the Essenes, and Christian Origins: New Light on Ancient Texts and Communities.
 
 

Product details

• Authors: Richard Moves/ Joseph Camp, Richard Moves Camp
• Assisted by: Simon J Joseph (Editor), Simon J. Joseph (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781496236913
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-3691-3
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: American Indian Lives
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore