The Sioux: Life and Customs of a Warrior Society
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. First Edition. 337pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Rust colored cloth with the title on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Gentle sunning to the jacket's spine. Volume 72 in the 'Civilization of the American Indian.'. Item #5380
"For many people the Sioux, as warriors and as buffalo hunters, have become the symbol of all that is Indian - colorful figures endowed with great fortitude and powerful vision. They were the heroes of the Great Plains in the day of heroes and they were the villains, too. Properly, they have been the subject of much writing. This book attempts to present Sioux life as it was in the era of its greatest vigor and renown - the brief span of less than fifty years from about 1830 to 1870. To do this, the observations and records of many informants and writers have been freely drawn upon." - from the introduction.
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