Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)

by George E. Lankford

An extensive precedent exists for considering the Mississippian cultures of the Mississippi Valley (particularly near the junction with the Ohio) to be the ancestors of the Siouans—particularly the Dhegiha and Chiwere (including the Ho-Chunk) branches of the Siouan linguistic family