We Shall Live Again

The 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance Movements as Demographic Revitalization

By:

Russell Thornton

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Paperback / softback

Series:

American Sociological Association Rose Monographs

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This study of the 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance movements among North American Indians offers an innovative theory about why these movements arose when they did. Emphasizing the demographic situation of American Indians prior to the movements, Professor Thornton argues that the Ghost Dances were deliberate efforts to accomplish a demographic revitalization of American Indians following their virtual collapse. By joining the movements, he contends, tribes sought to assure survival by increasing their numbers through returning the dead to life. Thornton supports this thesis empirically by closely examining the historical context of the two movements and by assessing tribal participation in them, revealing particularly how population size and decline influenced participation among and within American Indian tribes. He also considers American Indian population change after the Ghost Dance periods and shows that participation in the movements actually did lead the way to a demographic recovery for certain tribes.

Release date Australia

December 14th, 2006

Author

Russell Thornton

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

112

Series

American Sociological Association Rose Monographs

Dimensions

151x227x6

ISBN-13

9780521034524

Product ID

2356490

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