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God's red son : the Ghost Dance religion and the making of modern America

text God's red son : the Ghost Dance religion and the making of modern America

Summary
In 1890, on Indian reservations across the West, followers of a new religion danced in circles until they collapsed into trances. In an attempt to suppress this new faith, the US Army killed over two hundred Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek. Lou... Read more
Contents
Introduction: a hole in the dream -- Genesis -- The messiah and the machine, 1890 -- Great Basin apocalypse -- Birth of the prophet -- The Ghost Dance arrives -- Indian prophet, American magic -- Dispersion -- Seekers from a shattered land -- Plai... Read more
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xiii,479 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher
Basic Books 2017

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 299 WAR in Adult Non-fiction Available

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