Research Catalog

The Pawnee ghost dance hand game : ghost dance revival and ethnic identity

Title
The Pawnee ghost dance hand game : ghost dance revival and ethnic identity / Alexander Lesser.
Author
Lesser, Alexander, 1902-1982.
Publication
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1978.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library E99.P3 L47 1978Off-site

Details

Description
xxvi, 340 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Pawnee dance
  • Ghost dance
  • Pawnee Indians > Games
  • Pawnee Indians > Ethnic identity
  • Indians of North America > Great Plains > Games
  • Indian dance > Great Plains
  • Indians of North America
  • Indian dance
  • Ghost dance
  • Pawnee dance
  • Pawnee Indians
  • Pawnee Indians > Ethnic identity
  • Great Plains
Genre/Form
Games
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 339-340.
Contents
  • PART ONE: The Pawnee int he nineteenth century -- The ghost dance among the Pawnee -- Cultural significance of the Ghost Dance
  • PART TWO: The hand game: Distribution and character -- Play of the Pawnee Hand Game -- The old Pawnee hand game -- The ghost dance hand game -- Analysis of the Ghost Dance Hand Game -- The south band hand games -- The Skiri Hand Games -- Comparison of the Old Hand Game and the Ghost Dance Hand Game -- History and significance of the Ghost Dance Hand Game.
ISBN
  • 0299074803
  • 9780299074807
  • 0299074846
  • 9780299074845
LCCN
77091056
OCLC
  • ocm03993972
  • 3993972
  • SCSB-184084
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library