Oglala Women

List of illustrations
Series Editor's Foreword
Preface
Introduction
The Past
1. Historical Prelude
Introduction
Early History
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
2. The Buffalo Nation
The Cosmological Matrix
Creation of the Universe
The Sacred Pipe
The Coming of the Pipe
The Calf Pipe in Cultural Context
3. Wincincala: Girlhood
Birth
Childhood
Kinship
4. Wikoškalaka: Adolescence
Puberty
Women's Sodalities
Courtship
5. Winyan: Womanhood
Marriage
Kinship Terms
Sodalities
6. Winunlicala: Old Age
The Grandmothers
Medicine Women
Ritual Participation
The Ghost Road
The Present
7. Growing up Oglala
Government Gravy
Early Education
Two Cultures
Courtship
College
Organizations
8. Making the Mark
From Buffalo to Beef
Earning a Living
Small Business
Arts and Crafts
9. It's the Men Who Are the Chiefs
The Tribal Council
Women Chiefs
Activist Women
Law and Order
10. Hard Times
Sickness and Health
The Compound
Battered Women
The Pitiable
11. All My Relations
Christianity and Traditionalism
Yuwipi
12. Sex Roles and Social Structure
Myth and Reality
Something Old, Something New
Notes
References
Index