Religious revitalization among the Kiowas : the ghost dance, peyote, and Christianity / Benjamin R. Kracht.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kracht, Benjamin R., 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kiowa Indians--Religion--19th century.

Kiowa Indians.

Kiowa Indians--Religion--20th century.

Kiowa Indians--Rites and ceremonies--19th century.

Kiowa Indians--Rites and ceremonies--20th century.

Ghost dance.

Peyotism.

Kiowa Indians--Religion.

Kiowa Indians--Rites and ceremonies.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Framed by theories of syncretism and revitalization, "Religious Revitalization among the Kiowas" examines changes in Kiowa belief and ritual in the final decades of the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Kiowa culture in the nineteenth century

Christianity, peyotism, shamanism, and prophecy from the reservation period to statehood, 1869-1906

The ghost dance, 1890-1916

Christianity and peyotism in the Postallotment era

Peyotism and Christianity after World War II

Conclusion: indigenized Christianity and spirituality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496204585

1496204581

OCLC:

1009183217