Dorion, Patrick, authorSherman, Kathleen, advisorGalvin, Kathleen, committee memberHammerdorfer, Carl, committee member2007-01-032007-01-032013http://hdl.handle.net/10217/80232The purpose of this research project is to investigate the liminal space Lakota people occupy between market and traditional economies. Rapid integration into a market-based economy and historical resistance to it has pushed the Lakota to an economic fringe, where cash needs demand that Lakota families engage with a market that does not sufficiently provide for them. On the Pine Ridge Reservation, Lakota people are able to absorb the limitations imposed by the market by engaging in a traditional economy embedded in social relations. In particular, this paper focuses on Lakota artists at this economic fringe, and discusses the decisions they make in order to survive.born digitalmasters thesesengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.economic anthropologyPolanyiPine RidgeLakotaembeddednessText