Rani-Henrik Andersson holds a Ph.D. in History from the
University of Tampere in Finland. He has served as the McDonnell
Douglas Chair, Professor of American Studies at the University of
Helsinki and is currently working as a Core Fellow at the
University of Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. He has
published a number of scholarly articles about topics in Native
American history, and has held a position as a visiting research
fellow at Indiana University where he worked with Lakota experts
Ray DeMallie and Doug Parks. Andersson is the author of The Lakota
Ghost Dance of 1890 (University of Nebraska Press, 2008).
David C. Posthumus holds a PhD in Anthropology and is the
author of All My Relatives: Exploring Lakota Ontology, Belief, and
Ritual and the novel The Legend of the Dogman. He is Senior Market
Analyst at The Martec Group.
“In this rangy, ambitious work, Rani-Henrik Andersson and David C.
Posthumus center LakȟÓta voices, language, and conceptual worlds to
craft a stunning narrative that takes readers on a journey far
removed from old familiar histories. LakȟÓta: An Indigenous History
is a remarkable and important contribution, one not to be
missed.”—Philip J. Deloria, author of Becoming Mary Sully: Toward
an American Indian Abstract
“This book surpasses earlier histories of the Lakȟóta. With its
meticulous attention to the distinctive cultural and complex
political foundations of the Lakȟóta, it sets a new standard in
Plains Indian scholarship.”—Mark van de Logt, author of War Party
in Blue: Pawnee Scouts in the U.S. Army
“Lakȟóta: An Indigenous History brilliantly contextualizes winter
counts and other Lakȟóta sources to reveal a Native point of view
on events commonly interpreted through a Western lens.”—Candace S.
Greene, coeditor of The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts
at the Smithsonian
"In revealing how Lakhota traditions illuminate this people's
perspectives on their own past, Rani-Henrik Andersson and David C.
Posthumus have rendered a clear, comprehensive exploration of
Lakhota experience, initiative, and endurance. Lakhota: An
Indigenous History is a rare achievement."—Louis S. Warren, author
of God’s Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern
America
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