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Author:

Kracht, Benjamin R., 1955- author.

Title:

Religious revitalization among the Kiowas : the ghost dance, peyote, and Christianity / Benjamin R. Kracht.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xxii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Kiowa Indians--Religion--19th century.
Kiowa Indians--Religion--20th century.
Kiowa Indians--Rites and ceremonies--19th century.
Kiowa Indians--Rites and ceremonies--20th century.
Ghost dance.
Peyotism.
Ghost dance.
Kiowa Indians--Religion.
Kiowa Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
Peyotism.
1800-1999

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Kiowa culture in the nineteenth century -- Christianity, peyotism, shamanism, and prophecy from the reservation period to statehood, 1869-1906 -- The ghost dance, 1890-1916 -- Christianity and peyotism in the Postallotment era -- Peyotism and Christianity after World War II -- Conclusion: indigenized Christianity and spirituality.

Summary:

"Framed by theories of syncretism and revitalization, "Religious Revitalization among the Kiowas" examines changes in Kiowa belief and ritual in the final decades of the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1496204581
9781496204585

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1009183217

LCCN:

2017038774

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)