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Dakota Texts
Ella Cara Deloria
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Description for Dakota Texts
Paperback. Offering a study of the Sioux tribes, this title contains 64 tales that present an array of Sioux folklore and history in its original language, along with a literal translation. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Ella Deloria (1889–1971), one of the first Native students of linguistics and ethnography in the United States, grew up on the Standing Rock Reservation on the northern Great Plains and was trained by Franz Boas at Columbia University. Dakota Texts presents a rich array of Sioux mythology and folklore in its original language and in translation. Originally published in 1932 by the American Ethnological Society, this work is a landmark contribution to the study of the Sioux tribes.
Ella Deloria (1889–1971), one of the first Native students of linguistics and ethnography in the United States, grew up on the Standing Rock Reservation on the northern Great Plains and was trained by Franz Boas at Columbia University. Dakota Texts presents a rich array of Sioux mythology and folklore in its original language and in translation. Originally published in 1932 by the American Ethnological Society, this work is a landmark contribution to the study of the Sioux tribes.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803266605
SKU
V9780803266605
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About Ella Cara Deloria
Ella Deloria’s other writings include a collaboration with Franz Boas, Dakota Grammar, as well as Speaking of Indians and Waterlily (both available in Bison Books editions). Raymond J. DeMallie is a professor of anthropology at Indiana University and the editor of The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk’s Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt (Nebraska 1984).
Reviews for Dakota Texts
“Finally a volume of Dakota texts, accurately recorded, is now available. And in so far as Miss Deloria’s mother tongue is the Oglala dialect, we may be confident that stylistically and syntactically these texts are superior to those previously published.”—Language “Deloria’s excellent collection of tales from the Teton Dakota with text, grammatical analysis, and English translation, together with notes upon ... Read more