The Lakota Ghost Dance of 1890

by Rani-Henrik Andersson

Book Overview

A broad range of perspectives from Natives and non-Natives makes this book the most complete account and analysis of the Lakota ghost dance ever published. A revitalization movement that swept across Native communities of the West in the late 1880s, the ghost dance took firm hold among the Lakotas, perplexed and alarmed government agents, sparked the intervention of the U.S. Army, and culminated in the massacre of hundreds of Lakota men, women, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803210736
• ISBN13: 9780803210738
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"