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Shoshone ghost dance religion : poetry songs and Great Basin context / Judith Vander.

Author/creator Vander, Judith
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1997.
Descriptionxxiv, 631 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Music in American life
Music in American life. ^A223005
Contents Great Basin context : power in nature, shamanism, and the round dance -- Naraya songs related to the 1890 ghost dance movement -- Water -- Fog, mountains, and rocks -- Animals : ground people, sky people, and water people -- Plants -- Sun, stars, and night -- Textual analysis -- Musical analysis -- Song text comparisons : Naraya with Great Basin and Plains ghost dance.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [595]-605) and index.
LanguageIncludes music with Shoshone text.
LCCN 95041755
ISBN0252022149 (cloth : acid-free paper)

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