{"product_id":"indian-dances-of-north-america-louis-r-bruce-9780806121727","title":"Indian Dances of North America: Their Importance to Indian Lifevolume 141","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany thousands of persons here and abroad have been introduced to authentic Indian dancing through the Laubin's dance concerts, lectures, and seminars. Their admirers, as well as other dancers, anthropologists, historians, students of Indian culture, and Indians themselves, will welcome this informative and richly illustrated book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is based upon a lifetime of study and research, including years the authors spent living with the Indians on or near their reservations (they are adopted Sioux). The authors have been told by the old chiefs, \"You know exactly the real Indian ways.\" These survivors of the Buffalo Days appreciated the Laubins' interest and asked them to learn and preserve the rituals, since their own young people no longer knew all their traditions. This book is the result.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition to descriptions of the dances, the costumes, the body decorations, and the musical accompaniment, the Laubins give the cultural background of Indian dancing and a wealth of related detail. They enrich their text with many personal experiences and observations. They may have been the first non-Indians to appreciate fully the integral role of dancing in the traditional life patterns of the Indians, a role only recently recognize by scholars in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough their deep understanding of their adopted people the Laubins clear way through misinterpretation and prejudice to a new appreciation of the American Indian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reginald Laubin, Gladys Laubin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806121726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806121727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 6.92w x 1.32d","brand":"Reginald Laubin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947230101759,"sku":"9780806121727","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0468dc09-f47a-4e71-b928-519e51974cb1.jpg?v=1681517494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/indian-dances-of-north-america-louis-r-bruce-9780806121727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}