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Songs of the Ghost Dance

161 songs of the 1890 Ghost Dance from seven nations, in their own languages, recorded by James Mooney.

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Songs of the Ghost Dance, tr. James Mooney
James Mooney, 1896

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James Mooney, “The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890,” Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, part 2 (Washington, 1896). Public domain (U.S. government work). Text from Project Gutenberg eBook #74335; Mooney's commentary and glossaries omitted. · Source ↗

Sacred songs of the 1889–90 Ghost Dance, recorded among seven nations by the ethnologist James Mooney and published by the U.S. government in 1896. They remain sacred to the communities they come from. The translations and spellings are Mooney's; his commentary is not included.

James Mooney, “The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890,” Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, part 2 (Washington, 1896). Public domain (U.S. government work). Text from Project Gutenberg eBook #74335; Mooney's commentary and glossaries omitted. · Source ↗

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