Wovoka and the Ghost Dance / researched, compiled, and written by Michael Hittman ; edited by Don Lynch
1997, 1st edition in this form. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #387800
ISBN: 0803273088
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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