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The Millenarian Ghost Dance and Massacre at Wounded Knee

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Ecology, Economy, History, Power, Ritual, Shamanism

To learn more about the Native American Ghost Dance movement and the conflagration at Wounded Knee in 1890, over the weekend I read Rex Alan Smith’s Moon of the Popping Trees: The Tragedy at Wounded Knee and the End of the Indian Wars.  Smith has constructed a crisp narrative that will hold your attention.
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