All My Relatives: The Hunka Adoption of Jasper Milk

Stricklin, Dawn C.

Annals of Genealogical Research > Vol. 7, No. 1 (2011)

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All My Relatives: The Hunka Adoption of Jasper Milk

Dawn C. Stricklin, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Abstract
This research article infuses anthropological kinship theory with knowledge of traditional Lakota Sioux culture to discover the complex relationships that existed between Jasper Milk, his wife, and his Hunka (adopted) sibling. Offering a critique of the current praxis existing among genealogists conducting research in Native American lineages, the author suggests that genealogical specialization in a single tribe―in contrast to the current practice of all-encompassing ‘Native American research’―increases research success.

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Cite as: Dawn C. Stricklin, "All My Relatives: The Hunka Adoption of Jasper Milk," Annals of Genealogical Research Vol. 7, No. 1 (2011) at http://www.genlit.org/agr/viewarticle.php?id=36

Subject areas: Lakota Sioux, theory, genealogy, kinship; South Dakota

Annals of Genealogical Research - ISSN 1555-9904