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Author:

Smoak, Gregory E., 1962-

Title:

Ghost dances and identity : prophetic religion and American Indian ethnogenesis in the nineteenth century / Gregory E. Smoak.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiii, 289 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Ghost dance--History--19th century.
Shoshoni Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
Shoshoni Indians--Religion.
Shoshoni Indians--Ethnic identity.
Bannock Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
Bannock Indians--Religion.
Bannock Indians--Ethnic identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-269) and index.

Contents:

Snakes and diggers : the origins of new ethnic identities -- Shamans, prophets, and missionaries : Newe religion in the nineteenth century -- Treaty making and consolidation : the politics of ethnogenesis -- Two trails : resistance, accommodation, and the 1870 ghost dance -- Culture wars, Indianness, and the 1890 ghost dance -- Prophecy and American identities.

ISBN:

9780520246584
9780520246584 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520246586 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60188062

LCCN:

2005011962

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)