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Book SynopsisThe Lakhota are among the best-known Native American peoples. In popular culture and even many scholarly works, they were once lumped together with others and called the Sioux. This book tells the full story of Lakhota culture and society, from their origins to the twenty-first century, drawing on Lakhota voices and perspectives.
Trade Review“In this rangy, ambitious work, Rani-Henrik Andersson and David C. Posthumus center LakȟÓta voices, language, and conceptual worlds to craft a stunning narrative that takes readers on a journey far removed from old familiar histories.
LakȟÓta: An Indigenous History is a remarkable and important contribution, one not to be missed.”—Philip J. Deloria, author of
Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract“This book surpasses earlier histories of the Lakȟóta. With its meticulous attention to the distinctive cultural and complex political foundations of the Lakȟóta, it sets a new standard in Plains Indian scholarship.”—Mark van de Logt, author of
War Party in Blue: Pawnee Scouts in the U.S. Army“
Lakȟóta: An Indigenous History brilliantly contextualizes winter counts and other Lakȟóta sources to reveal a Native point of view on events commonly interpreted through a Western lens.”—Candace S. Greene, coeditor of
The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian"In revealing how Lakhota traditions illuminate this people's perspectives on their own past, Rani-Henrik Andersson and David C. Posthumus have rendered a clear, comprehensive exploration of Lakhota experience, initiative, and endurance.
Lakhota: An Indigenous History is a rare achievement."—Louis S. Warren, author of
God’s Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America
