{"product_id":"the-spirit-and-the-sky-9781496208231","title":"The Spirit and the Sky","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe interest of nineteenth-century Lakotas in the Sun, the Moon, and the stars was an essential part of their never-ending quest to understand their world.\u003ci\u003eThe Spirit and the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e presents a survey of the ethnoastronomy of the nineteenth-century Lakotas and relates Lakota astronomy to their cultural practices and beliefs.The center of Lakota belief is the incomprehensible, extraordinary, and sacred nature of the world in which they live. The earth beneath and the stars above constitute their holistic world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mark Hollabaugh offers a detailed analysis of aspects of Lakota culture that have a bearing on Lakota astronomy, including telling time, their names for the stars and constellations as they appeared from the Great Plains, and the phenomena of meteor showers, eclipses, and the aurora borealis. Hollabaugh’s explanation of the cause of the aurora that occurred at the death of Black Elk in 1950 is a new contribution to ethnoastronomy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Spirit and the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e contributes another perspective on how the stars and universe have shaped the history of the Lakota people.\"—Richard Williams, \u003ci\u003eTribal College Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Through a comprehensive introduction to Lakota cultural astronomy, Mark Hollabaugh invites the reader to see the limitless skies over the Northern Plains much as did the Lakota of the nineteenth century. His incisive assessment of winter counts, ledger books, written records, celestial phenomena, and the Sun Dance is remarkably illuminating and heartily welcome.”—Harry Thompson, executive director of the Center for Western Studies at Augustana University\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Mark Hollabaugh treats us to a tutorial on basic observational astronomy while skillfully and thoroughly leading us into an understanding of the natural cycles of earth and sky, especially the recurring nature of celestial phenomena, as perceived through traditions of the great Lakota Nation of the North American Plains.”—Von Del Chamberlain, author of \u003ci\u003eWhen Stars Came Down to Earth: Cosmology of the Skidi Pawnee Indians of North America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1        The Lakota People\u003cbr\u003e Archaeology of the Great Plains\u003cbr\u003e Lakota History\u003cbr\u003e Conflict and Disaster\u003cbr\u003e Sources of Information and Limitations\u003cbr\u003e Sources Relating to Lakota Astronomical Concepts\u003cbr\u003e James R. Walker\u003cbr\u003e Other Non-Native Sources\u003cbr\u003e Lakota Holy Men\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2        The Sky\u003cbr\u003e Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy\u003cbr\u003e The Celestial Sphere\u003cbr\u003e The Stars and Constellations\u003cbr\u003e Motions of the Sun, Moon and Planets\u003cbr\u003e Time and Calendars\u003cbr\u003e Phases of the Moon\u003cbr\u003e Eclipses\u003cbr\u003e Aurora Borealis\u003cbr\u003e Comets and Meteors\u003cbr\u003e Astronomy of the Plains Indians\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3        Lakota Culture\u003cbr\u003e Belief Systems\u003cbr\u003e The Four Virtues\u003cbr\u003e The Numbers Four and Seven\u003cbr\u003e The Four Colors and Four Directions\u003cbr\u003e The Seven Sacred Rites\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWakháŋ\u003c\/i\u003e —The Sacred\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4        The Stars and Constellations\u003cbr\u003e The Night Sky\u003cbr\u003e The Stars\u003cbr\u003e The Lakota Names of the Stars\u003cbr\u003e The Constellations\u003cbr\u003e The Milky Way\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5        The Sun and Moon\u003cbr\u003e Grandfather Sun\u003cbr\u003e The Moon Watches Over the Earth\u003cbr\u003e The Sun and Moon in Lakota Designs\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6        Telling Time\u003cbr\u003e The Day\u003cbr\u003e The Month\u003cbr\u003e Calendar Sticks\u003cbr\u003e The Year – Winter Counts\u003cbr\u003e The Seasons\u003cbr\u003e Time in Lakota Culture\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7        Eclipses and the Aurora Borealis\u003cbr\u003e Eclipses\u003cbr\u003e Aurora Borealis\u003cbr\u003e The Aurora and the Death of Black Elk\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8        Meteors and Comets\u003cbr\u003e Random Meteors\u003cbr\u003e Recurring Meteor Showers\u003cbr\u003e Comets\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9        The Sun Dance\u003cbr\u003e The Lakota Sun Dance\u003cbr\u003e Conducting a Sun Dance\u003cbr\u003e Seasonal Timing of the Sun Dance\u003cbr\u003e The 1876 Sitting Bull Sun Dance\u003cbr\u003e The 1875 Chadron Sun Dance\u003cbr\u003e The 1881 Pine Ridge Sun Dance\u003cbr\u003e Location and Orientation of the Sun Dance Lodge\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10      Contemporary Lakota Astronomy\u003cbr\u003e Archie Fire Lame Deer and the Sweat Lodge\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLakota Star Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11      The Spirit and The Sky\u003cbr\u003e Native Americans and Science\u003cbr\u003e Native Americans and Astronomy\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWakháŋ \u003c\/i\u003eand the Stars\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Museums\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409222672727,"sku":"9781496208231","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496208231.jpg?v=1730506016","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-spirit-and-the-sky-9781496208231","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}