Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890

Informationen zum Autor Raymond J. DeMallie, director of the American Indian Studies Research Institute and a professor of anthropology at Indiana University, has edited James R. Walker's Lakota Society (1982) andThe Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt (1984), both published by the University of Nebraska Press. Klappentext Responding to the rapid spread of the Ghost Dance among tribes of the western United States in the early 1890s, James Mooney set out to describe and understand the phenomenon. He visited Wovoka, the Ghost Dance prophet, at his home in Nevada and traced the progress of the Ghost Dance from place to place, describing the ritual and recording the distinctive song lyrics of seven separate tribes. Zusammenfassung Responding to the rapid spread of the Ghost Dance among tribes of the western United States in the early 1890s, the author set out to describe and understand the phenomenon. He visited Wovoka, the Ghost Dance prophet, at his home in Nevada and traced the progress of the Ghost Dance from place to place.

Product details

• Authors: James Mooney
• Assisted by: Raymond J. DeMallie (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1991
• EAN: 9780803281776
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-8177-6
• No. of pages: 483
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Geschichte, HISTORY / General, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies