Yuwipi: Vision and Experience in Oglala Ritual

by William K. Powers

Book Overview

A profoundly spiritual book, Yuwipi describes a present-day Oglala Sioux healing ritual that is performed for a wide range of personal crises. The vivid narrative centers on the experience of a hypothetical father and son in need of spiritual and physical assistance.

The author combines the Yuwipi ceremony with two ancient Sioux rituals often performed in conjunction with it, the vision quest and the sweat lodge. Wayne Runs Again, suffering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803287100
• ISBN13: 9780803287105
• Release Date: August 1984
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 113 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Good book

I loved this book and how it gave you the information about this sacred ceremony. It helped you to gain more respect for the First Nations People.