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A phantom storm : Sitting Bull, America, and the Ghost Dance /

"In the fall of 1890, a new religion swept onto the Sioux reservations like a prairie fire. The Ghost Dance, as it was called, promised that if American Indians would dance and pray, a Messiah would deliver them from the misery of reservation life. The movement was soon trumpeted as a new India...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matteoni, Norman E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pierre : South Dakota Historical Society Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Sitting Bull, > 1831-1890.
Ghost dance > History > 19th century.
Ghost dance > Press coverage.
Dakota Indians > Wars > Press coverage.
Americans > Attitudes.
Hunkpapa Indians > Biography.
Lakota Indians > Government relations > History > 19th century.
Dakota Indians > Government relations > History > 19th century.
Indigenous peoples > Great Plains > Government relations > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Great Plains > Government relations > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Great Plains > Religion.
Danse des esprits > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Danse des esprits > Couverture de presse.
Dakota > Guerres > Couverture de presse.
Lakota > Relations avec l'État > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Dakota > Relations avec l'État > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Autochtones > Grandes Plaines > Relations avec l'État > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Peuples autochtones > Grandes Plaines > Relations avec l'État > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Peuples autochtones > Grandes Plaines > Religion.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Principals to the story
  • Prologue: the meadowlark's message
  • Ghost dance fascination and fear
  • The target
  • The inevitable woman
  • The agent afraid of his Indians
  • The Army's occupation of Pine Ridge
  • The Chicago directive
  • The Grand River misdirection
  • The view from Washington
  • The military's waiting game
  • McLaughlin's police force
  • The setup
  • Police action
  • Burial
  • A politically correct killing
  • Epilogue
  • Appendices.