The Changing Role of The Giveaway Ceremony in Contemporary Lakota Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9216593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth S Grobsmith (Department of Anthropology University of Nebraska lincoln, Nebraska 68588, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 91 |
| Pages | 75-79 |
| Publication date | 1981-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.1981.11909024 |
| OpenAlex | W2768736733 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Gift-giving in the context of the giveaway ceremony of the Lakota was indigenously both an economic institution in which goods were exchanged and wealth redistributed as well as religious expression of a native ceremony. Today, gift-giving has practically lost both its religious and economic functions. The ceremony, however, continues to thrive in a new context. Focusing on the distribution of goods common to all, the giveaway has become a primarily social event which continues to play a crucial role in contemporary Indian life. This paper examines the changes which have taken place in this institution .over the last century and analyzes the new role it plays in. reservation society
Archaeology · Ceremony · Context (archaeology) · Institution · Political science · Reservation · Social science · Sociology · Cambodian History and Society · History · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 1983 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |