Worldview Approach Major Values of Lakota Culture from...

Anthropology. Book Report On Lame Deer Seeker Of Visions In this assignment, the topic I chose is â€Å"Worldview approach: Major Values of Lakota Culture†. It is about the relationship of Lame Deer book and the Lakota. In particular, the topic explores what the Lakota values much and how this is portrayed in the book (Lame Deer Seeker of Visions). In the essay, in exploring this topic, a summary of this book is first given. Second, I do explain why I choose the topic and what I knew about it prior to reading this book. Finally, I examine what Lame Deer says about the topic. The book Lame Deer Seeker of Visions authored by Richard Erdoes help readers understand the American Indian community through a Sioux medicine man. The author’s relationship with the Lame Deer enabled him to portray this community from several interviews. He portrays the culture, rituals and ceremonies, religious beliefs, main legends, the use of medicine, environmental destruction, injustices in this land whose occupants hold it as sacred. The author nar rates about Lame Deer as a small boy and his experiences in the move to be a medicine man. Lame Deer ability to recall critical symbolism in American Indian culture helps him to explain to the author the significance of spiritual unification, and its need in his community beliefs and practices. At the end, Erdoes argues oneness among human beings is significant. The author is also convinced that Lame Deer is stable with his spiritual values.