Waku n za
Uses of Yuwipi Medicine Power in Contemporary Teton Dakota Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9217293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth S Grobsmith (2521 Kola St. Live Oak, California 95953, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 64 |
| Pages | 129-133 |
| Publication date | 1974-05-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/2052546.1974.11908695 |
| OpenAlex | W2770772014 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The Dakota belief in wakunza or “supernatural retribution” is examined as an aspect of contemporary Sioux religion. Belief in this power is reported to be a significant mechanism in the maintenance of social control within Sioux communities on and off the reservation by insuring the chastisement of social deviants. Animistic spirits rather than individuals are attributed with possessing the power to administer justice and reprimand those committing transgressions of the Dakota moral order. Two alternative hypotheses regarding the uses of wakunza are proposed
Control (management) · Criminology · Culture of the United States · Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Ethnology · Political science · Power (physics) · Reservation · Retributive justice · Social control · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Philosophy · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |