Ghost Dance Ethnohistory and Revitalization

Name: Ghost Dance Ethnohistory and Revitalization
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ISBN: 9781577664536

ISBN-10: 1577664531

ISBN-13: 9781577664536

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: Alice Beck Kehoe

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"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…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Waveland Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 186
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English




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



Social science perspectives



Prophet dances



Deprivation and the ghost dance



Revitalization



That night in the cabin