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The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890

by James Mooney

Mooney's report for the Bureau of American Ethnology documents the Ghost Dance movement founded by Wovoka, based on fieldwork among many tribes and an interview with the prophet himself. It includes song texts and comparisons with other prophetic movements. A primary source for the events leading to Wounded Knee.

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