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Ghost Dance

The Ghost Dance is a millenarian religious movement characterized by a ritual dance and prophetic belief in the restoration of Indigenous ways of life, distinguished from other Native American religious practices by its syncretic elements and historical association with late 19th-century resistance to colonial domination.

63

Publications

2.5K

Citations

97

Authors

25

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Ghost Dance Religion

Parents

Publications

63

The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890

Sharlotte Neely, James Mooney · The American Indian Quarterly · 1993 · 234 citations

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The Ghost Dance: Origins of Religion.

Charles M. Hudson, Weston La Barre · Man · 1975 · 198 citations

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Secrecy and the Sense of an Ending: Narrative, Time, and Everyday Millenarianism in Papua New Guinea and in Christian Fundamentalism

Joel Robbins · Comparative Studies in Society and History · 2001 · 176 citations

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The Ghost Dance: Ethnohistory and Revitalization

James R. Lewis, Alice Β. Kehoe · The American Indian Quarterly · 1990 · 112 citations

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Wild West shows and the images of American Indians, 1883-1933

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 112 citations

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Authors

97

  1. JM
    James Mooney

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 394 citations

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  2. RW
    Richard W. Stoffle

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  3. RT
    Russell Thornton

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 41 citations

    2

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  4. GE
    Gregory E. Smoak

    Colorado State University, United States

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  5. WL
    Weston La Barre

    Duke University, United States

    2 publications · 290 citations

    2

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Institutions

25

  1. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    110 citations

  2. San Jose State University

    San Jose, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  3. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  4. University of San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  5. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    Panama City, Panama

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

  6. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  8. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

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Venues

  1. The American Indian Quarterly

    AIQ · 7 publications · 473 citations

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  2. Ethnohistory

    6 publications · 99 citations

    6

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 232 citations

    4

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  4. Current Anthropology

    CA · 3 publications · 136 citations

    3

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  5. Western Historical Quarterly

    2 publications · 61 citations

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