Kracht, Benjamin R., 1955-

Religious Revitalization among the Kiowas : the Ghost Dance, Peyote, and Christianity / Benjamin R. Kracht. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018] - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Kiowa culture in the nineteenth century -- Christianity, peyotism, shamanism, and prophecy from the reservation period to statehood, 1869-1906 -- The ghost dance, 1890-1916 -- Christianity and peyotism in the Postallotment era -- Peyotism and Christianity after World War II -- Conclusion: indigenized Christianity and spirituality.

"Framed by theories of syncretism and revitalization, "Religious Revitalization among the Kiowas" examines changes in Kiowa belief and ritual in the final decades of the nineteenth century"--

9781496205667 1496205669

22573/ctt20qtw2n JSTOR


1800-1999


Peyotism.
Ghost dance.
Kiowa Indians--Rites and ceremonies--20th century.
Kiowa Indians--Rites and ceremonies--19th century.
Kiowa Indians--Religion--20th century.
Kiowa Indians--Religion--19th century.
HISTORY--State & Local--Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)--United States
HISTORY--State & Local--West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)--United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--Native American Studies.
Ghost dance.
Kiowa Indians--Religion.
Kiowa Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
Peyotism.


Electronic books.

E99.K5 / K75 2018

978.004/97492