PDF The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark; Vol 13: Comprehensive Index by Meriwether Lewis; William Clark in History

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As agency physician on the Pine Ridge Reservation from 1896 to 1914; Dr. James R. Walker recorded a wealth of information on the traditional lifeways of the Oglala Sioux. Lakota Society presents the primary accounts of Walker's informants and his syntheses dealing with the organization of camps and bands; kinship systems; beliefs; ceremonies; hunting; warfare; and methods of measuring time.