Wovoka and the Ghost Dance / researched, compiled, and written by Michael Hittman ; edited by Don Lynch
by Hittman, Michael
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1997. 1st edition in this form. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xii, 373 pp.: illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm. Contents; The Four Primary Sources -- Family -- The Early Years -- The 1890 Ghost Dance Religion -- Wovoka, the Man -- The Middle Years -- Wovoka's Prophecies -- The Final Years -- The Red and the White: Color Symbolism -- More about Wovoka -- Appendix A. The Chapman Interview -- Appendix B. Mooney's Visit with Wovoka -- Appendix C. The Dyer Manuscript -- Appendix D. Newspaper Accounts -- Appendix E. Government Letters and Reports -- Appendix F. The Messiah Letter -- Appendix G. Nine Ghost Dance Songs of the Northern Paiute -- Appendix H. Tibo'o Remember -- Appendix I. Anthropologists (and Others) on Wovoka -- Appendix J. The Prophet's Death -- Appendix K. ""I Remember Jack,"" Yerington Paiute Tribal Members -- Appendix L. Alice Wilson Vidovich, Andy Vidovich and Peg Wheat on Paul Bailey -- Appendix M. On Wovoka. Subjects; Wovoka approximately 1856-1932. Ghost dance. Indians of North America Prophecies.
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- Title
- Wovoka and the Ghost Dance / researched, compiled, and written by Michael Hittman ; edited by Don Lynch
- Author
- Hittman, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition in this form
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0803273088
- ISBN 13
- 9780803273085
- Publisher
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1997
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