The Ghost Dance Religion In Saskatchewan, Canada
- 16 November 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Plains Anthropologist
- Vol. 13 (42) , 296-304
- https://doi.org/10.1080/2052546.1968.11908509
Abstract
The “Ghost Dance” religion taught by the Paiute Jack Wilson (Wovoka) was carried to Saskatchewan at the beginning of this century. Its most successful proselytizer was an Assiniboine who inspired the most northern Dakota Sioux community in the province to become a congregation. Surviving members of this congregation profess a creed that closely follows Wilson 1s later teachings, recorded by Mooney, but that differs significantly from the more militant versions Mooney heard from some United States Dakota. The Saskatchewan creed appears to have been a viable accommodation to early reservation-period conditions.Keywords
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- The Pawnee Ghost Dance Hand GamePublished by Columbia University Press ,1933