The Ghost-dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890

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U of Nebraska Press, Jan 1, 1991 - History - 26 pages
This classic work depicts the Ghost Dance among the Sioux, the fears it raised of an Indian outbreak, and the military occupations of the Sioux reservations culminating in the tragedy at Wounded Knee.
 

Selected pages

Contents

The songsContinued Page The SiouxContinued
635
Introduction to the Bison Book edition XV
637
Introduction
653
The narrativeContinued Page
915
The songs
953
The songsContinued Page The ArapahoContinued
954
Songs of the ArapahoContinued
958
Niathuau ahakänithiiThe whites are crazy
972
Yihääähihi Gambling song Paiute gambling songs
1008
NiqahuhuMy father my father
1010
Ahuyu häthinaClosing song
1011
Arapaho glossary
1012
The songsContinued Page
1023
Sketch of the tribe
1058
Songs of the Sioux
1061
He tuwe cha heWho think you comes there?
1064

Nahata bitaawuThe earth is about to move
973
Wawanadanä diă I am about to hum
974
Atebě diinětitaniěgAt the beginning of existence
975
TahunaänäniahunaIt is I who make the thunder
976
Aniqu nechawunaniFather have pity on me
977
Nihanatayeche tiThe yellow hide
978
Wawa nûnanûnakutiNow I am waving an eagle feather
979
AniqanagaThere is a solitary bull
980
AněäthibiwahanăThe place where crying begins
981
Ahuhu hagenistiti The crow is making a road
982
Bitaawu huhuThe crow brought the earth
983
Nûnanûnaatănina huhu IThe crow is circling above me
984
Hesúna nanahathahiThe father showed me
985
Nänisatăquthi ChinachichibäihaThe seven venerable priests
986
Nänisatăqi Chinăchichibäiha The seven venerable priests
990
Natănuya chebinhThe pemmican that I am using
991
Bähinäninatä nitabänaI hear everything
993
Abäqati hänichäbihinänaWith the wheel I am gambling
994
AniäsakuanaI am watching
995
Nininitubina huhu II
996
Anihäya atanitănunawa I use the yellow paint
997
InitatausänaStand ready
998
Aniqa he tabinuhuninaMy father I am poor
999
Ahunä hesûnanin There is our father
1000
YathäyunaHe put me in five places
1001
HisehiMy comrade
1002
NatuwanisaMy top my top
1005
HenaganawanenWhen we dance until daylight
1006
Anena tabininaMy mother gave it to me
1007
Lechel miyoʻqañkteThis is to be my work
1065
Le heyaheThis one says
1068
Michinkshi mitawayeIt is my own child
1069
Ina hekuwoMother come home
1070
He Kiiñуañka agaliyeHe They have come back racing
1071
Maka sitomaniyanThe whole world is coming
1072
Michinkshi tahenaMy child come this way
1073
Ate michuyeFather give them to me
1074
Wakañyan iñyañkiñkteThe holy hoop shall run
1075
The Kiowa and Kiowa Apache
1078
The Kiowa Apache
1081
Dakiñago im zänteähedalThe spirit army is approaching
1082
Datai nyä hoǎngamoThe father shows me the road
1083
Nadag äkanaBecause I am poor
1084
Beta TongyäguadǎlRed Tail has been sent
1085
Dakiñago ähoähedalThe spirit host is advancing
1086
Ehyuni degiataI am mashing the berries
1087
Anso gyätätoI shall cut off his feet
1088
The Caddo and associated tribes
1092
The Wichita Kichai and Delaware
1095
Songs of the Caddo
1096
Núna ltsiya I have come
1097
Naa hayo hawanoOur father above has paint
1098
Ni ika naaOur grandmother and our father above
1099
Na iwi owitaSee the eagle comes
1100
Anana hananito The feather has come back
1101
Caddo glossary
1102
Authorities cited
1104
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References to this book

About the author (1991)

Raymond J. DeMallie, director of the American Indian Studies Research Institute and a professor of anthropology at Indiana University, has edited James R. Walker's Lakota Society (1982) andThe Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt (1984), both published by the University of Nebraska Press.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Ghost-dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Bison book
Classics in anthropology
History e-book project
Volume 176 of Phoenix books
AuthorJames Mooney
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherU of Nebraska Press, 1991
ISBN0803281773, 9780803281776
Length26 pages
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History / Native American
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
  
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