The sun dance religion; power for the powerless

by Joseph G. Jorgensen

Paper Book, 1972

Status

Available

Call number

970.3

Tags

North America, Indigenous Peoples, Sun Dance, Ute, Shoshone, Reservations, History

Genres

Collection

Anna

Publication

Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1972]

Description

A political and economic analysis of how and why the Sun dance came into being as a response to Indian deprivation by the whites.

Subjects

Shoshoni Indians Religion
Sun-dance
Ute Indians Religion

Language

English

Physical description

x, 360 p.; 25 cm

ISBN

0226410862 / 9780226410869

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