Description
Book SynopsisWhereas early accounts treated the Ghost Dance as a military or political movement, this book stresses its peaceful nature and reveals the breadth of Lakota views on the subject. The more than one hundred accounts compiled here show that the movement caused friction within Lakota society even as it spurred genuine religious belief.
Trade Review""A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country is an exceptionally valuable addition to the literature on the Ghost Dance. Rani-Henrik Andersson has assembled by far the most comprehensive collection of primary sources on the Lakota Ghost Dance, including many he has skillfully translated from Lakota. His introduction and commentary provide excellent guidance into the diversity of Lakota voices that speak about this vitally important movement."" - Jeffrey Ostler, author of
The Lakotas and the Black Hills: The Struggle for Sacred Ground""In
A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country, Rani-Henrik Andersson has made a major contribution to history and anthropology, recovering lost Lakota voices that henceforth will echo through every scholarly and public conversation about the Ghost Dance revival of 1889 - 1890."" - Louis S. Warren, author of
God's Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America""Assembling a comprehensive array of Lakota voices,
A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country undoes familiar understandings of the Ghost Dance as the last gasp of a people or a simplistic split between 'traditional' and 'progressive.' Rani-Henrik Andersson opens readers to a strikingly wide range of Lakota opinions and experiences. A remarkable and important contribution."" - Philip J. Deloria, author of
Indians in Unexpected Places
