Author:
Andersson, Rani-Henrik.
Imprint:Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.
Descriptionxxii, 437 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note:Wanagvi Wachipi ki -- The Indian agents and the Lakota Ghost Dance -- "To protect and suppress trouble": the army responds -- Missionary views on the Lakota Ghost Dance -- "In an atmosphere pregnant with mysteries": press coverage of the Ghost Dance -- The U.S. Congress and the Ghost Dance -- Conclusion: toward "a great story" of the Lakota Ghost Dance -- Appendixes: 1. A chronology of events during the Lakota Ghost Dance period -- 2. Phonetic key to the Lakota language -- 3. The Messiah letters -- 4. Kicking Bear's speech, October 9, 1890 -- 5. Short Bull's speech, October 31, 1890.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-421) and index.
