The Spirit and the Sky : Lakota Visions of the Cosmos /

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The interest of nineteenth-century Lakotas in the sun, moon, and stars was an essential part of their never-ending quest to understand the universe. "The Spirit and the Sky" presents a survey of the ethnoastronomy of the nineteenth-century Lakota and relates Lakota astronomy to their cultu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hollabaugh, Mark
Autor Corporativo: Indiana University, Bloomington. American Indian Studies Research Institute
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lakota cosmology.
Indian cosmology.
Indian astronomy.
Cosmology.
Astronomy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
1800-1899.
Cosmologie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Cosmologie indienne d'Amerique.
Astronomie indienne d'Amerique > Grandes Plaines.
Astronomie > Grandes Plaines > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Cosmology > History > 19th century.
Indian astronomy > Great Plains.
Astronomy > Great Plains > History > 19th century.
Great Plains.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. The Lakota People; 2. The Sky; 3. Lakota Culture; 4. The Stars and Constellations; 5. The Sun and Moon; 6. Telling Time; 7. Eclipses and the Aurora Borealis; 8. Meteors and Comets; 9. The Sun Dance; 10. Contemporary Lakota Astronomy; 11. The Spirit and the Sky; Appendix: List of Museums; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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