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.
Subject:	Dakota Indians -- Alcohol use. Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Great Plains. Alcoholism -- Great Plains -- Treatment. Alcoholism -- Great Plains -- Prevention. Alcoholism -- Prevention. Alcoholism -- Treatment. Dakota Indians -- Alcohol use. Drinking of alcoholic beverages. Great Plains.
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

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