Native Americans performing ritual Ghost Dance. One standing woman is wearing a white dress, a special costume for the ritual dance, 1890. Photo by James Mooney, an ethnologist with US Dept. of ...
Despite the setting — a small stage filled with nine dancers — there was a feeling of separateness and sadness. The Vangeline Theater, a Butoh dance group, celebrated its 10th anniversary on February ...
The narrative. Paradise lost -- The Delaware prophet and Pontiac -- Tenskwatawa the Shawano prophet -- Tecumtha and Tippecanoe -- Kanakuk and minor prophets -- The Smohalla religion of the Columbia ...
When more than 700 white settlers flooded into the Roseau River valley in 1889, they found the Ojibwe who had lived in northwestern Minnesota for generations “peaceful and friendly,” according to a ...
James Mooney (1861-1921) was an American ethnographer whose research focused on Native North Americans, particulary the Cherokee and other Southeast tribes, the Ghost Dance religion, and the Kiowa and ...
The definition of a ghost light? It’s a safety precaution in theaters, often a single bulb, left on after hours, so unsuspecting staff won’t cross the darkened stage and trip over a prop or fall into ...
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