Drinking and sobriety among the Lakota Sioux /

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Author / Creator:Medicine, Beatrice.
Imprint:Lanham : Altamira Press, c2007.
Description:vi, 155 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Contemporary Native American communities ; 20
Contemporary Native American communities ; v. 20.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6234900
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ISBN:0759105707 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759105706 (cloth : alk. paper)
0759105715 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780759105713 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-143) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. "All Indians Are Drunks": A Pervasive Myth
  • Chapter 2. Uncorking the Keg: Beginnings of Alcohol Use among American Indians
  • Chapter 3. The Recent Past: Minnewaken "Magic Water"-Alcohol and the Lakota Bands
  • Chapter 4. Siouan Social System: Standing Rock Reservation
  • Chapter 5. "Everyone Drinks!": Drinking Behavior among Contemporary Lakota (Sioux) Indians
  • Chapter 6. American Indian Sobriety: An Uncharted Domain
  • Chapter 7. Religious Renaissance and the Control of Alcohol: The Lakota Sun Dance
  • Chapter 8. Siouan Sobriety Patterns: "I Was a Better Drunk Than You Were"
  • Chapter 9. "I Got Tired of Drinking": Interpretations of Intents and Continuities of Siouan Sober States
  • Chapter 10. Summary and Conclusions: "There's a Lot to Drinking"
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author