Dakota Texts

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 280 pages
• Published by: Bison Books
• Edition: 1st Edition June 1, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 080326660X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0803266605
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 14.4 ounces

Product Review
“Finally a volume of Dakota texts, accurately recorded, is now available. And in so far as Miss Deloria’s mother tongue is the Oglala dialect, we may be confident that stylistically and syntactically these texts are superior to those previously published.”—Language (Language )

“Deloria’s great collection of tales from the Teton Dakota with text, grammatical analysis, and English translation, together with notes upon customs and idioms of speech, supplies a definitive volume by a trained and competent hand upon this important and much neglected division of the Siouan stock.”—American Anthropologist (American Anthropologist )

Product Description
Ella Deloria (1889–1971), one of the first Native students of linguistics and ethnography in the United States, grew up on the Standing Rock Reservation on the northern Great Plains and was trained by Franz Boas at Columbia University. Dakota Texts presents a rich array of Sioux mythology and folklore in its original language and in translation. Originally published in 1932 by the American Ethnological Society, this work is a landmark contribution to the study of the Sioux tribes.

Reader Reviews
If you are interested in Siouan languages, this and Deloria's Dakota grammar are the books to get - and modern materials published by the Lakota Language Consortium.