These Were the Sioux
Author | : Mari Sandoz |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1961-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0803291515 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780803291515 |
Rating | : 4/5 (515 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis These Were the Sioux by : Mari Sandoz
Download or read book These Were the Sioux written by Mari Sandoz and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1961-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Sioux Indians came into my life before I had any preconceived notions about them," writes Mari Sandoz about the visitors to her family homestead in the Sandhills of Nebraska when she was a child. These Were the Sioux, written in her last decade, takes the reader far inside a world of rituals surrounding puberty, courtship, and marriage, as well as the hunt and the battle.