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My Grandfather's Altar: Five Generations of Lakota Holy Men (American Indian Lives) Performing Arts and Music and introductory essays profile whatRichard Moves Camp's My Grandfather's Altar is an oral literary narrative account of five generations of Lakota religious tradition. Moves Camp is the great great grandson of Wptu'a ("Chips"), the holy man remembered for providing Crazy Horse with war medicines of power and protection. The Lakota remember the descendants of Wptu'a for their roles in preserving Lakota ceremonial traditions during the official prohibition period (1883 1934), when the U.