Ghost dances and identity : prophetic religion and American Indian ethnogenesis in the nineteenth century

Ghost dances and identity : prophetic religion and American Indian ethnogenesis in the nineteenth century /

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This innovative cultural history examines wide-ranging issues of religion, politics, and identity through an analysis of the American Indian Ghost Dance movement and its significance for two little-studied tribes: the Shoshones and Bannocks. The Ghost Dance has become a metaphor for the death of Ame...

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Main Author: Smoak, Gregory E., 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006
Subjects:
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.
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