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The Lakota ghost dance of 1890

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Andersson, Rani-Henrik
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2008]
Physical Description:	xxii, 437 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects:	Ghost dance -- South Dakota. Lakota Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. Lakota Indians -- Government relations.
Online Access:	Table of contents only -

Contents:

Wanáǧvi Wachípi kį
The Indian agents and the Lakota Ghost Dance
"To protect and suppress trouble": the army responds
Missionary views on the Lakota Ghost Dance
"In an atmosphere pregnant with mysteries": press coverage of the Ghost Dance
The U.S. Congress and the Ghost Dance
Conclusion: toward "a great story" of the Lakota Ghost Dance
Appendixes: 1. A chronology of events during the Lakota Ghost Dance period
2. Phonetic key to the Lakota language
3. The Messiah letters
4. Kicking Bear's speech, October 9, 1890
5. Short Bull's speech, October 31, 1890.