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Hello Mark<br>
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I have never heard of this before regarding either the Lakota or the
Dakota, and I think this is a questionable use of the term
'polyandry'. It sounds more like an expedient to address
infertility in a marriage otherwise satisfactory to the husband and
wife. Does Walker further describe this concept of the 'buried
man'? Does he give a Lakota expression? <br>
<br>
Mary<br>
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On 22/09/2011 8:13 AM, Mark J Awakuni-Swetland wrote:
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cite="mid:OF3AF3CB0A.55644ECF-ON86257913.004D47D2-86257913.004E3DF3@unl.edu"
type="cite"><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Aloha All,</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">My Anthropology Department Chair
Ray
Hames brought me a copy of James Walker's LAKOTA SOCIETY with an
inquiry.</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">He and a student are preparing a
journal
article describing polyandry (a woman having more than one
husband).</font>
<br>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">They are finding accounts of this
practice
in groups outside of the regularly cited groups known to use
this strategy.</font>
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<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">In the Walker case, there is no
reference
or citation as to the source of his statement regarding
polyandry among
the Lakota.</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">I have included the paragraph
that mentions
polyandry from page 55 of Walker's book for your reference.</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">Ray Hames also inquired as to the
meaning
of the second husband being considered "buried"</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">Does anyone know of this practice
among
the Lakota or other Siouan groups?</font>
<br>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">I am not aware of it among the
Omaha.</font>
<br>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">I would presume that if such a
practice
existed there would be a term for that names this arrangement,
the second
husband, terms of relations, etc.</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">Thanks</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">Mark</font>
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