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Ghost Dance - central ritual of the messianic religion instituted in the late 19th cent. by a Paiute named Wovoka. The religion prophesied the peaceful end of the westward expansion of whites and a return of the land to the Native Americans. The ritual lasted five successive days, being danced each night and on the last night continued until morning. Hypnotic trances and shaking accompanied this

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The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 » Read Now
by James Mooney. 486 pgs.

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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...
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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.
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A Message from the Ghost-Dance Messiah, in New England Review » Read Now
by James Mooney. 5 pgs.

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...produced a classic account of the Ghost-Dance religion, a revivalistic cult...closely associated with the first Ghost-Dance movement of the 1870s. Mooney...Mooney A Message...
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From Fort Laramie to Wounded Knee: In the West That Was (Chap. 21 "The Ghost Dance at Pine Ridge") » Read Now
by Charles W. Allen. 292 pgs.

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...Massacre, S.D., 1890--Anecdotes. 7. Ghost dance-- Anecdotes. I. Jensen, Richard...Clouds 149 21 The Ghost Dance at Pine Ridge 156 22 The Crush...ending with his description...
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Moon of Popping Trees (Chap. 8 "Ghost Dance (The Spreading of the Gospel)") » Read Now
by Rex Alan Smith. 222 pgs.

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...2. Teton Indians--History. 3. Ghost dance. I. Title. E83.89.S58 1981...7 Messiah 64 8 Ghost Dance 76 9 Panic in...they could even continue to do the Ghost Dance for the...
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The Medicine Men: Oglala Sioux Ceremony and Healing ("The Ghost Dance" begins on p. 112) » Read Now
by Thomas H. Lewis. 224 pgs.

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For the residents of the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, mainstream medical care is often supplemented or replaced by a host of traditional practices: the Sun Dance, the yuwipi sing, the heyok'a ceremony, herbalism, the Sioux Religion, the peyotism of the Native American Church, and other...
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For the residents of the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, mainstream medical care is often supplemented or replaced by a host of traditional practices: the Sun Dance, the yuwipi sing, the heyok'a ceremony, herbalism, the Sioux Religion, the peyotism of the Native American Church, and other medicines, or sources of healing. Thomas H. Lewis, a psychiatrist and medical anthropologist, describes those practices as he encountered them in the late 1960s and early 1970s.During many months he studied with leading practitioners. He describes the healers-their techniques, personal histories and qualities, the problems addressed and results obtained-and examines past as well as present practices. The result is an engrossing account that may profoundly affect the way readers view the dynamics of therapy for mind and body.Retired from the National Naval Medical Center, where he served as chief of psychiatry, and from Georgetown University School of Medicine, Thomas H. Lewis now lives in Montana.
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Lakota Belief and Ritual (Document concerning the ghost dance begins on p. 143) » Read Now
by James R. Walker, Raymond J. DeMallie, Elaine A. Jahner. 329 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...142 Document 42. Ghost Dance. Short Bull / 143...history. The years of warfare, the Ghost Dance, and the Wounded Knee massacre...country. Only five years past the Ghost...
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Voices of Wounded Knee (Chap. 4 "The Ghost Dance Sweeps Across the Dakotas") » Read Now
by William S. E. Coleman. 434 pgs.

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Some Things Are Not Forgotten: A Pawnee Family Remembers (Part One "They Came Before") » Read Now
by Martha Royce Blaine. 280 pgs.

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Theatre, Society, and the Nation: Staging American Identities (Chap. 3 "Independence for Whom? American Indians and the Ghost Dance") » Read Now
by S. E. Wilmer. 281 pgs.

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Theater has often served as a touchstone for critical moments of political change or national definition. Steve Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history to examine the theater's response. The selected events range from the Colonial fight for independence through Native American...
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Theater has often served as a touchstone for critical moments of political change or national definition. Steve Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history to examine the theater's response. The selected events range from the Colonial fight for independence through Native American struggles, the Socialist Worker play and the Civil Rights Movement, to those of the last decade. Wilmer also considers audience reception and critical response.
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Magic and the Millennium: A Sociological Study of Religious Movements of Protest among Tribal and Third-World Peoples (Chap. 9 "Collective Redemption") » Read Now
by Bryan R. Wilson. 550 pgs.

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The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt (Chap. 8 "The Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee (1889-91)") » Read Now
by Black Elk, Raymond J. DeMallie. 456 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Entire Library