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Author Kracht, Benjamin R., 1955- author.

Title Religious Revitalization among the Kiowas : the Ghost Dance, Peyote, and Christianity / Benjamin R. Kracht
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]

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Contents Introduction: Kiowa culture in the nineteenth century -- Christianity, peyotism, shamanism, and prophecy from the reservation period to statehood, 1869-1906 -- The ghost dance, 1890-1916 -- Christianity and peyotism in the Postallotment era -- Peyotism and Christianity after World War II -- Conclusion: indigenized Christianity and spirituality
Summary "Framed by theories of syncretism and revitalization, "Religious Revitalization among the Kiowas" examines changes in Kiowa belief and ritual in the final decades of the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Peyotism.
Ghost dance.
Kiowa Indians -- Rites and ceremonies -- 20th century
Kiowa Indians -- Rites and ceremonies -- 19th century
Kiowa Indians -- Religion -- 20th century
Kiowa Indians -- Religion -- 19th century
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
Ghost dance
Kiowa Indians -- Religion
Kiowa Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
Peyotism
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017038774
ISBN 9781496205667
1496205669
1496204581
9781496204585