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Prophets of the Great Spirit Native American Revitalization Movements in Eastern North America / Alfred A. Cave.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cave, Alfred A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--East (U.S.)--Rites and ceremonies.
- Indians of North America.
- Prophets--United States.
- Prophets.
- Indians of North America--East (U.S.)--Religion.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (471 p.)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Prophets of the Great Spirit offers an in-depth look at the work of a diverse group of Native American visionaries who forged new, syncretic religious movements that provided their peoples with the ideological means to resist white domination. By blending ideas borrowed from Christianity with traditional beliefs, they transformed "high" gods or a distant and aloof creator into a powerful, activist deity that came to be called the Great Spirit. These revitalization leaders sought to regain the favor of the Great Spirit through reforms within their societies and the inauguration of new ritual pr
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Delaware prophets
- The Shawnee prophet
- Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh, and the pan-Indian movement
- The red sticks
- The Seneca prophet
- The Kickapoo prophet
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-314) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610466399
- 9780803280717
- 0803280718
- 9781280466397
- 1280466391
- 9780803256330
- 0803256337
- OCLC:
- 65195440
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