Research Catalog

Title

The ghost dance : ethnohistory and revitalization / Alice Beck Kehoe.

Author

Kehoe, Alice Beck, 1934-

Publication

Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2006.

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Details

Description

186 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

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.

Uniform Title

Anthropology online.

Subjects

• Nativistic movements > Great Plains
• Indians of North America > Great Plains > Religion
• Indian dance > Great Plains
• Ghost dance

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9781577664536 (pbk.)
• 1577664531 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2007275661

OCLC

• 70293061
• SCSB-12161908

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library