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The ghost dance : ethnohistory and revitalization / Alice Beck Kehoe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kehoe, Alice Beck, 1934-
- Series:
- Anthropology online.
- Anthropology online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ghost dance.
- Indian dance--Great Plains.
- Indian dance.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--Religion.
- Indians of North America.
- Nativistic movements--Great Plains.
- Nativistic movements.
- Religion.
- Great Plains.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 186 pages).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- The ghost dance : ethnohistory & revitalization
- Place of Publication:
- Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, Inc., [2006]
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "In this ethnohistorical case study of North American Indians, the Ghost Dance religion is the backbone for Alice Kehoe's exploration of significant aspects of American Indian life and her quest to learn why some theories become popular. In Part 1, she combines knowledge gained from her first and experiences living among and speaking with Indian elders with a careful analysis of historical accounts, providing a succinct yet insightful look at people, events, and institutions from the 1800s to the present. She clarifies unique and complex relationships among Indian peoples and dispels many of the false pretenses promoted by United States agencies over two centuries. In Part 2, Kehoe surveys some of the theories used to analyze the events described in Part 1, allowing readers to see how theories develop, to think critically about various perspectives, and to draw their own conclusions."--ORIGINAL BOOK JACKET.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1: Ethnohistory
- The ghost dance religion
- Massacre at Wounded Knee Creek
- Death or renewal?
- New tidings
- Black Elk speaks
- Wounded Knee again
- Resilience is the word
- Pt. 2: Social science perspectives
- Prophet dances
- Deprivation and the ghost dance
- Revitalization
- That night in the cabin.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-178) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (Anthropology online). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 608033866
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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