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George Sword's Warrior Narratives: Compositional Processes in Lakota Oral Tradition
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George Sword's Warrior Narratives: Compositional Processes in Lakota Oral TraditionThe general focus in Lakota oral literary research has been in the study of content rather than process in oral traditions. In a new disclosure of the characteristics of Lakota oral style, Delphine Red Shirt shows how its composition and structure are reflected in the work of George Sword, who composed 245 pages of text in the Lakota language using the English alphabet. What emerges in Sword's Lakota narratives are the formulaic patterns inherent in
Having learned to cook in her grandmother’s kitchen
Foreword by Wendell Berry
” — Vanity Fair
borders are sealed
Erdrich sometimes imagines what ancient bones would say if they could speak
In the words of one official: "Kill the Indian and save the man
Father Damien Modeste has served his beloved people
a celebration of the Dakota people through their undisputed connection to this place
to attend the funeral of his stepfather
" —Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Told through maps
“Indians Were Savage and Warlike”
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