My Grandfather's Altar: Five Generations of Lakota Holy Men

My Grandfather's Altar: Five Generations of Lakota Holy MenRichard Moves Camps My Grandfathers Altar is an oral literary narrative account of five generations of Lakota religious tradition. Moves Camp is the great great grandson of Wptua (Chips), the holy man remembered for providing Crazy Horse with war medicines of power and protection. The Lakota remember the descendants of Wptua for their roles in preserving Lakota ceremonial traditions during the official prohibition period (18831934), when the U. S.

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