Drinking and Sobriety among the Lakota Sioux

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 1 "All Indians are Drunks": A Pervasive Myth
Chapter 3 2 Uncorking the Keg: Beginnings of Alcohol Use among American Indians
Chapter 4 3 The Recent Past: Minnewakan "Magic Water"—Alcohol and the Lakota Bands
Chapter 5 4 A Siouan Social System: Standing Rock Reservation
Chapter 6 5 "Everyone Drinks!": Drinking Behavior among Contemporary Lakota (Sioux) Indians
Chapter 7 6 American Indian Sobriety: An Uncharted Domain
Chapter 8 7 Religious Renaissance and the Control of Alcohol: The Lakota Sun Dance
Chapter 9 8 Siouan Sobriety Patterns: "I Was a Better Drunk Than You Were…"
Chapter 10 9 "I Got Tired of Drinking. . .": Interpretations of Intents and Continuities of Siouan Sober States
Chapter 11 10 Summary and Conclusions: "There's a Lot to Drinking…"

I believe that treatment centers do not treat the whole person. They do not, for instance, tell a person that their treatment equips them with coping skills that deal with physical addiction, but cannot eliminate craving. I don't think they delve into the spiritual aspects profoundly enough even though there is a concept of a higher power in AA meetings. Bea Medicine's study will give a new and revealing perspective on American Indian alcoholism, one that will contribute immensely to the treatment of American Indians.