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The Lakota ghost dance of 1890 /

A broad range of perspectives from Natives and non-Natives makes this book the most complete account and analysis of the Lakota ghost dance ever published. A revitalization movement that swept across Native communities of the West in the late 1880s, the ghost dance took firm hold among the Lakotas,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Andersson, Rani-Henrik (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Wanáǧvi Wachípi ki̜
  • The Indian agents and the Lakota Ghost Dance
  • "To protect and suppress trouble": the army responds
  • Missionary views on the Lakota Ghost Dance
  • "In an atmosphere pregnant with mysteries": press coverage of the Ghost Dance
  • The U.S. Congress and the Ghost Dance
  • Conclusion: toward "a great story" of the Lakota Ghost Dance
  • Appendixes: 1. A chronology of events during the Lakota Ghost Dance period
  • 2. Phonetic key to the Lakota language
  • 3. The Messiah letters
  • 4. Kicking Bear's speech, October 9, 1890
  • 5. Short Bull's speech, October 31, 1890.