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 / Gregory E. Smoak.

Author/creator	Smoak, Gregory E., 1962-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Description	xiii, 289 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	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.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-269) and index.
LCCN	2005011962
ISBN	0520246586 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780520246584

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E99.S4 S64 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold