{"product_id":"books-spirit-beings-and-sun-dancers","title":"BOOKS - Spirit Beings and Sun Dancers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(41, 243, 227);\"\u003eS-1 -2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Black Hawk's Vision of the Lakota World.   2000.  \u003c\/strong\u003eBy \u003cem\u003eJanet Catherine Berlo\u003c\/em\u003e;  Introductory Note by \u003cem\u003eEugene V. Thaw\u003c\/em\u003e;  Forward by \u003cem\u003eArthur Amiotte\u003c\/em\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Sinclair brought a copy of this volume by when he brought the April 2025 painted bison robe (see below) to me.   3 hours later I looked up from this scrupulously honest book.  Then I started searching for available copies to add here.  Wow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth Thaw and Amiotte are worth studying themselves; their depth of knowledge of this subject - Native\/Lakota ledger art itself is it's own book. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was not directly aware of Black Hawk, the chief medicine man of Sans Arc Lakota band in the mid to late 1880's.  Not many records of this time and this band\/tribe survived ... but Black Hawk's ledgerbook did.   That history, too, is a story unto itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs The Ledger book of Thomas Blue Eagle may have introduced many of you to native ledger art, this 189 page work will give depth, meaning and substance to the subject.  Truly, I could not get my eyes away (and the grass finally did need mowing, dang it!).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd similarly to the Blue Eagle book, the actual cover, under the dust jacket, mimics the original Black Hawk ledgerbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published at $65.  (and it was worth it!)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelow, on the lower part of this April, 2025 hide, are some of the interpretations of Black Hawk's ledger art Charles put on the robe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1741\/3645\/files\/IMG_0387.jpg?v=1744661230\u0026amp;width=700\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"245\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herd Wear Distribution center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49656271241443,"sku":"quw1788287215170","price":38.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0797\/6219\/4659\/files\/books---spirit-beings-and-sun-dancers_1.jpg?v=1788287220","url":"https:\/\/buyorvanta.com\/products\/books-spirit-beings-and-sun-dancers","provider":"Buyorvanta","version":"1.0","type":"link"}