A Whirlwind Passed Through Our Country by Rani-Henrik Anderss... - 9780806160191

A Whirlwind Passed Through Our CountryLakota Voices of the Ghost Dance\nAuthor(s): Rani-Henrik Andersson, Raymond J. DeMallie\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press, United States\nImprint: University of Oklahoma Press\nISBN-13: 9780806160191, 978-0806160191\nSynopsis\nThe inception of the Ghost Dance religion in 1890 marked a critical moment in Lakota history. Yet, because this movement alarmed government officials, culminating in the infamous massacre at Wounded Knee of 250 Lakota men, women, and children, historical accounts have most often described the Ghost Dance from the perspective of the white Americans who opposed it. In A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country, historian Rani-Henrik Andersson instead gives Lakotas a sounding board, imparting the multiplicity of Lakota voices on the Ghost Dance at the time.\n\n Whereas early accounts treated the Ghost Dance as a military or political movement, A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country stresses its peaceful n.