Provides raw narratives without any pretension of synthesis or analysis

James R. Walker was a physician to the Pine Ridge Sioux from 1896 to 1914. His accounts of this time, taken from his personal papers, reveal much about Lakota life and culture. This third volume of previously unpublished material from the Walker collection presents his work on Lakota myth and legend. This edition includes classic examples of Lakota oral literature, narratives that were known only to a few Oglala holy men, and Walker's own literary cycle based on all he had learned about Lakota myth. Lakota Myth is an indispensable source for students of comparative literature,...

The Sons of the Wind presents the mythology and sacred spirits of the Lakota. Based on information given to Dr. James Walker a century ago by Lakota Holy Men, this compilation includes the cycle of creation, the appearance of spirits and animals, the making of the four directions, and the coming of the Real People. D. M. Dooling was founder and editorial director of Parabola Magazine and president of the Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition. She was the editor of A Way of Working: The Spiritual Dimension of Craft and coeditor of I Become Part of It: Sacred Dimensions in Native American...