God's red son : the Ghost Dance religion and the making of modern America /

In 1890, on Indian reservations across the West, followers of a new religion danced in circles until they collapsed into trances. In an attempt to suppress this new faith, the US Army killed over two hundred Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek. Louis Warren's God's Red Son offers a startlin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Warren, Louis S. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, [2017]
Subjects:	Wovoka, > approximately 1856-1932. Mooney, James, > 1861-1921. Ghost dance. Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > Religion. Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > Government relations. Lakota Indians > Religion. Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890. Indians of North America > Great Plains > History > 19th century. Indians of North America > Great Basin > History > 19th century. HISTORY / Native American. HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)

Table of Contents:

Introduction: A hole in the dream
Genesis : 1890: the messiah and the machine ; Great Basin apocalypse ; The birth of the prophet ; The Ghost Dance arrives ; Indian prophecy, American magic
Dispersion : Seekers from a shattered land ; Plains passage ; Lakota ordeal ; Tin stars and holy power ; Spirit of the Ghost Dance ; Invasion and atrocity
Persistence and renewal : The road from Wounded Knee ; Writing "The Ghost Dance religion and Sioux outbreak of 1890" ; Conclusions: The Ghost Dance as modern religion.