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Examines wide-ranging issues of religion, politics, and identity through an analysis of the American Indian Ghost Dance movement and its significance for two little-studied tribes: the Shoshones and Bannocks.

Table of Contents
List of Maps Acknowledgments Introduction: Endings and Beginnings Part One. Identity and Prophecy in the Newe World 1. Snakes and Diggers: The Origins of Newe Ethnic Identities 2. Shamans, Prophets, and Missionaries: Newe Religion in the Nineteenth Century Part Two. Identity, Prophecy, and Reservation Life 3. Treaty Making and Consolidation: The Politics of Ethnogenesis 4. Two Trails: Resistance, Accommodation, and the 1870 Ghost Dance 5. Culture Wars, Indianness, and the 1890 Ghost Dance Conclusion: Prophecy and American Identities Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/11/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520256279, 978-0520256279
      ISBN10: 0520256271

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines wide-ranging issues of religion, politics, and identity through an analysis of the American Indian Ghost Dance movement and its significance for two little-studied tribes: the Shoshones and Bannocks.

      Table of Contents
      List of Maps Acknowledgments Introduction: Endings and Beginnings Part One. Identity and Prophecy in the Newe World 1. Snakes and Diggers: The Origins of Newe Ethnic Identities 2. Shamans, Prophets, and Missionaries: Newe Religion in the Nineteenth Century Part Two. Identity, Prophecy, and Reservation Life 3. Treaty Making and Consolidation: The Politics of Ethnogenesis 4. Two Trails: Resistance, Accommodation, and the 1870 Ghost Dance 5. Culture Wars, Indianness, and the 1890 Ghost Dance Conclusion: Prophecy and American Identities Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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