The Ghost-Dance Religion and Wounded Knee

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, History, Americas, Native American
Cover of the book The Ghost-Dance Religion and Wounded Knee by James Mooney, Dover Publications
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: James Mooney ISBN: 9780486143330
Publisher: Dover Publications Publication: August 15, 2012
Imprint: Dover Publications Language: English
Author: James Mooney
ISBN: 9780486143330
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication: August 15, 2012
Imprint: Dover Publications
Language: English

Immediately following the massacre of Wounded Knee (December 29, 1890), the well-known anthropologist James Mooney, under the auspices of the Bureau of American Ethnology and the Smithsonian, investigated the incident. His interest was primarily in the Indian background to the uprising. Admitting that the Indians had been generally overpowered by the Whites, what led the Indians to think they stood a chance against White arms? His answer was astonishing: the Ghost-Dance Religion.
Investigating every Indian uprising from Pontiac to the 1980s, every Indian resistance to aggression, every incident of importance, Mooney discovered a cultural pattern: a messianic religion that permeated leaders and warriors from Tecumseh and his brother The Prophet on up to the Plains tribes that revived the Ghost-Dance in the 1880s and 90s. The message was: abandon the ways of the Whites; go back to Indian ways; an Indian messiah is coming; the Indian dead are to be resurrected — indeed, some have already returned; and the Whites are to be killed by the Spirits.
Mooney made an exhaustive study of this cult, the rise of its latest version, diffusion to the Plains, and its relevance to the medicine man Sitting Bull and others. Citing many primary documents as well as anthropological data he gathered himself, Mooney gives an extremely detailed, thorough account of the cult; its songs and dances, ceremonies, and its social impact.
This work has always been considered one of the great classics of American anthropology, a book that not only offers an account of a very interesting cultural phenomenon, but also throws light on many events in Indian-White relations that are otherwise dark. Its data have never been superseded and the book remains a work of primary importance in Native American studies.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Immediately following the massacre of Wounded Knee (December 29, 1890), the well-known anthropologist James Mooney, under the auspices of the Bureau of American Ethnology and the Smithsonian, investigated the incident. His interest was primarily in the Indian background to the uprising. Admitting that the Indians had been generally overpowered by the Whites, what led the Indians to think they stood a chance against White arms? His answer was astonishing: the Ghost-Dance Religion.
Investigating every Indian uprising from Pontiac to the 1980s, every Indian resistance to aggression, every incident of importance, Mooney discovered a cultural pattern: a messianic religion that permeated leaders and warriors from Tecumseh and his brother The Prophet on up to the Plains tribes that revived the Ghost-Dance in the 1880s and 90s. The message was: abandon the ways of the Whites; go back to Indian ways; an Indian messiah is coming; the Indian dead are to be resurrected — indeed, some have already returned; and the Whites are to be killed by the Spirits.
Mooney made an exhaustive study of this cult, the rise of its latest version, diffusion to the Plains, and its relevance to the medicine man Sitting Bull and others. Citing many primary documents as well as anthropological data he gathered himself, Mooney gives an extremely detailed, thorough account of the cult; its songs and dances, ceremonies, and its social impact.
This work has always been considered one of the great classics of American anthropology, a book that not only offers an account of a very interesting cultural phenomenon, but also throws light on many events in Indian-White relations that are otherwise dark. Its data have never been superseded and the book remains a work of primary importance in Native American studies.

More books from Dover Publications

Cover of the book Space, Time, Matter by James Mooney
Cover of the book Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes of the United States by James Mooney
Cover of the book Sociodynamics by James Mooney
Cover of the book Art Nouveau Jewelry Designs by James Mooney
Cover of the book The Axiom of Choice by James Mooney
Cover of the book Unholy Dying by James Mooney
Cover of the book Tatting Doilies and Edgings by James Mooney
Cover of the book The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Volume Two by James Mooney
Cover of the book My Autobiography by James Mooney
Cover of the book Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians, Volume II by James Mooney
Cover of the book The Riemann Zeta-Function by James Mooney
Cover of the book Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire by James Mooney
Cover of the book Treasury of Byzantine Ornament: 255 Motifs from St. Mark's and Ravenna by James Mooney
Cover of the book The Soup Book by James Mooney
Cover of the book Japanese Silk Designs in Full Color by James Mooney
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy