04987nam 2201141Ia 450 991078367070332120230617003517.01-282-36058-297866123605890-520-94172-11-59875-801-210.1525/9780520941724(CKB)1000000000246836(EBL)240963(OCoLC)475955440(SSID)ssj0000162789(PQKBManifestationID)11149522(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162789(PQKBWorkID)10208074(PQKB)11086711(MiAaPQ)EBC240963(OCoLC)62208648(MdBmJHUP)muse30868(DE-B1597)520087(DE-B1597)9780520941724(Au-PeEL)EBL240963(CaPaEBR)ebr10091266(CaONFJC)MIL236058(EXLCZ)99100000000024683620050426d2005 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrGhost dances and identity[electronic resource] prophetic religion and American Indian ethnogenesis in the nineteenth century /Gregory E. SmoakBerkeley University of California Pressc20051 online resource (304 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25627-1 0-520-24658-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Maps --Acknowledgments --Introduction: Endings and Beginnings --Part One. Identity and Prophecy in the Newe World --Part Two. Identity, Prophecy, and Reservation Life --Conclusion --Notes --Selected Bibliography --IndexThis innovative cultural history examines wide-ranging issues of religion, politics, and identity through an analysis of the American Indian Ghost Dance movement and its significance for two little-studied tribes: the Shoshones and Bannocks. The Ghost Dance has become a metaphor for the death of American Indian culture, but as Gregory Smoak argues, it was not the desperate fantasy of a dying people but a powerful expression of a racialized "Indianness." While the Ghost Dance did appeal to supernatural forces to restore power to native peoples, on another level it became a vehicle for the expression of meaningful social identities that crossed ethnic, tribal, and historical boundaries. Looking closely at the Ghost Dances of 1870 and 1890, Smoak constructs a far-reaching, new argument about the formation of ethnic and racial identity among American Indians. He examines the origins of Shoshone and Bannock ethnicity, follows these peoples through a period of declining autonomy vis-a-vis the United States government, and finally puts their experience and the Ghost Dances within the larger context of identity formation and emerging nationalism which marked United States history in the nineteenth century.Ghost danceHistory19th centuryShoshoni IndiansRites and ceremoniesShoshoni IndiansReligionShoshoni IndiansEthnic identityBannock IndiansRites and ceremoniesBannock IndiansReligionBannock IndiansEthnic identity19th century american history.19th century native american history.american indian ghost dance movement.american indians.bannocks.cultural studies.ethnogenesis.ghost dance.history.identity.indigenous cultures.indigenous peoples.missionary.nationalism.native american culture.native americans.native peoples.new religion.politics.prophets.race in america.religion.reservation life.shamans.shoshones.social identity.spiritual.supernatural forces.united states government.united states of america.Ghost danceHistoryShoshoni IndiansRites and ceremonies.Shoshoni IndiansReligion.Shoshoni IndiansEthnic identity.Bannock IndiansRites and ceremonies.Bannock IndiansReligion.Bannock IndiansEthnic identity.299.7/98/09034LC 33610rvkSmoak Gregory E.1962-878956MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783670703321Ghost dances and identity3860656UNINA