The Pawnee Ghost Dance Hand Game : Ghost Dance Revival and Ethnic Identity de Alexander Lesser - 1996

University of Nebraska Press, 1996-09-01. Paperback. Good. 0.7913 8.9803 6.0197. Cover and edges shows minor shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

Bison Books, University of Nebraska Press. Used - Very Good. 1996. Paperback. Pbk. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.

University of Nebraska Press, 1996-09-01. Paperback. Like New. Book is in Excellent condition, pages are clean and tight.

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. PB. very good++, wraps (softcover). ISBN 0803279655 Originally written in 1932 and based on field research among the Pawnees in 1929-31. The present edition includes a foreword and an expanded bibliography to the original text. Dedicated to Franz Boas (my great-grandfather). 340pp.

University of Nebraska Press. 1996 1st Bison Printing, 6" by 9" Softcover, AN, ISBN 0-8032-7965-5, 340 pages

University of Nebraska Press, 1996-09-01. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked.

University of Nebraska Press, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover.

University of Nebraska Press, 1996. Paperback. As new, clean, tight & bright condition. 340pp.

University of Nebraska Press, 1996. Paperback. New. New softcover in printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. 8vo. (6 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches) Includes bibliography. 342 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The Ghost Dance religion that swept through the Plains Indian tribes in the early 1890s was embraced wholeheartedly by the Pawnees. It was a message of hope to a people devastated by the attacks of enemy tribes, the encroachment of white settlers, and the outbreak of epidemics. For the Pawnees, who were looking to the U.S. government and trying unsuccessfully to farm their land, the Ghost Dance movement promised salvation: a restoration of the Indian dead, the buffalo, and the old times. Alexander Lesser shows how the Ghost Dance brought about a partial revival of traditional Pawnee culture and its dances and songs. The ancient guessing hand game, remembered best by a tribe starved for the joy of play, became an important part of the Ghost Dance ritual.… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.