Author Name
Powell, J. W.
Title Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Part 2
Binding Hard
Book Condition Good
Edition 1st
Size Quarto
Publisher Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution 1896
Seller ID 000640
641-1136 Pp. Top and bottom of spine frayed. Rubbing on edges of spine. Corners rubbed. A few pages are detached but present. Cover rubbed. Former owner's name on inside of cover. If it weren't 120 yrs old we'd say the cover was rough. Contains: The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 by Jame Mooney. Discusses not only the Indian Ghost Dance and the resultant slaughter, but also similar messianic movements in the Old Testament, the later Mid East, Europe, aboriginal US and the 19th century Euroamericans. Book is illustrated with photographs and drawings and records numerous Indian songs.
Music, Sioux, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Paiute, Washo, Pitt River Indians, Kiowa, Kiowa Apache, Caddo, Ethnology, American Indians, North America, Plains
Price =
50.00 USD
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