TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ellis,Clyde
TI  - A dancing people: powwow culture on the southern Plains 
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - Lawrence
PB  - University Press of Kansas
KW  - Great Plains
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Powwows
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal; American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about; Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index; "We're a dancing people, always have been -- "It's our way of life. It goes with us all the time, every day": overview of the powwow's history -- "The sound of the drum will revive them and make them happy": nineteenth-century Plains Society Dances and the roots of the powwow -- "There is no doubt the dances should be curtailed": Indian dances and federal policy on the Southern plains, 1880-1930 -- "Five dollars a week as 'regular' Indians": shows, exhibitions, and the economics of Indian dancing, 1880-1930 -- "This is the first powwow circuit in the United States": the powwow comes into view -- "Enormous crowds attracted by the war dances": Craterville Park and the American Indian Exposition -- "My children and grandchildren, they've learned these ways, too, because it's good, it's powerful."
N2  - Traces the history of Southern Plains powwow culture, discussing how the powwow and its role in contemporary Native American identity have changed throughout the years and how Native Americans have used the dance to define themselves within their communities
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb40149
ER  -