Native American Spirituality

[hunkpapa]

I posted the following message on the other boards but there have been no comments to date. Perhaps someone here would be kind enough to voice some opinions. Thank you.

Feb 16, 2009 17:25:26 GMT -5 @grichard said:

A friend has e-mailed me with a list of books she is using to study this subject. I have my own views on their worth, but I thought that some of you guys and gals would have some valuable input, both regarding the list and perhaps suggestions for other/additional reading.

'Thorsons Principles of Native American Spirituality' by Dennis Renault (a.k.a. Wa'na'nee'che) & Timothy Freke

'The Gospel of the Redman' compiled by Julia & Ernest Seton

'The Quiet Mind - Sayings of White Eagle'

'Touch the Earth' compiled by T.C. McLuhan

Thanks in advance.

Hunk

hunkpapa

[ladonna]

'Thorsons Principles of Native American Spirituality' by Dennis Renault (a.k.a. Wa'na'nee'che) & Timothy Freke

'The Gospel of the Redman' compiled by Julia & Ernest Seton

'The Quiet Mind - Sayings of White Eagle'

'Touch the Earth' compiled by T.C. McLuhan

There is no book that can tell her anything

[Historian]

LaDonna is right. This list of books won't tell you much.

However, you might consider recommending the following books as it relates to Lakota spirituality:

Arden, Harvey and Arvol Looking Horse, Paula Horn
2001. White Buffalo Teachings. HYT Publishing.

Bad Hand, Howard
2001. Native American Healing. Keats McGraw-Hill.

Brown, Joseph Epes and Nicholas Black Elk, Ben Black Elk
1953. The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK.

Bucko, Raymond
1998. The Lakota Ritual of the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE.

Catches, Sr., Pete S. and Peter V. Catches, Jr.
1999. Sacred Fireplace (Oceti Wakan): Life and Teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man. Clear Light Books.

Crow Dog, Leonard and Richard Erdoes
1995. Crow Dog: Four Generations of Sioux Medicine Men. Harper Collins Publishers, NY.

DeMallie, Raymond J., editor
1984. The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE.

Densmore, Frances
1918. Teton Sioux Music. Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 61. Smithsonian Institution, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. (Reprinted as Teton Sioux Music and Culture by Frances Densmore; University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 1992)

Erdoes, Richard and John Fire Lame Deer
1973. Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions: The Life Of A Sioux Medicine Man. Simon & Schuster.

Feraca, Stephen E.
1998. Wakinyan: Lakota Religion in the Twentieth Century. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE.

Glover, Vic
2004. Keeping Heart on Pine Ridge: Family Ties, Warrior Culture, Commodity Foods, Rez Dogs and the Sacred. Native Voices

Hand, Jr., Floyd and Marc A. Huminilowycz (Editor)
1998. Learning Journey on the Red Road. Learning Journey Communications.

Lewis, Thomas H.
1992. The Medicine Men: Oglala Sioux Ceremony and Healing. University of Nebraska Press.

Little Elk, David
1987. Wicoh'an Otehike: The Difficult Path. Hehaka7 Productions, Dupree, SD.

Long Soldier, Tilda and Mark St. Pierre
1995. Walking in the Sacred Manner: Healers, Dreamers, and Pipe Carriers, Medicine Women of the Plains. Simon & Schuster.

Mails, Thomas E.
1978. Sundancing at Rosebud and Pine Ridge. Center for Western Studies, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD. (Reprinted as Sundancing: The Great Sioux Piercing Ceremony, by Thomas E. Mails, Council Oak Books, 1998).

Mails, Thomas E. and Frank Fools Crow, Dallas Chief Eagle
1979. Fools Crow. University of Nebraska Press.
1991. Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power. Council Oak Books.

Marshall, III, Joseph M.
2002. The Lakota Way: Stories & Lessons for Living. Viking Compass Publishers.

Neihardt, John G.
1932. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Powers, Marla
1986. Oglala Women: Myth, Ritual and Reality. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.

Powers, William K.
1977. Oglala Religion. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
1982. Yuwipi, Vision and Experience in Oglala Ritual. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
1986. Sacred Language: The Nature of Supernatural Discourse in Lakota. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Rice, Julian
1998. Before the Great Spirit: The Many Faces of Sioux Spirituality. University of New Mexico Press.

Stolzman, SJ, Fr. William
1986. The Pipe and Christ: A Christian-Sioux Dialogue. Tipi Press, Chamberlain, SD.

St Pierre, Mark and Tilda Long Soldier
1996. Walking in a Sacred Manner: Healers, Dreamers, and Pipe Carriers, Medicine Women of the Plains. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Walker, James R. and Raymond J. DeMallie, Elaine A. Jahner, ed.
1982. Lakota Society. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
1983. Lakota Myth. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
1991. Lakota Belief and Ritual. University of Nebraska Press

Young Bear, Severt and Ronnie Theisz
1994. Standing in the Light: A Lakota Way of Seeing. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE.

[hunkpapa]

ladonna & Hin Tamaheca,

Thank you both for your input.

Between you, you have crystalized my own concerns. There is no short cut via books, but equally to have no way to have regular face to face contact with the people whose spiritual beliefs one is trying to understand begs the question of where to start.

I have most of the books listed by Hin Tamaheca and they have been very helpful in giving me some insight into Lakota spirituality, but I am under no illusions that I have done more than scratched the surface. The pathway to Wakan Tanka is open to everyone and the journey along that pathway must start somewhere, with one small step. I only hope my friend will now find that she has not yet taken that step.

Pila maya.