A dancing people : powwow culture on the southern Plains
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index. "We're a dancing people, always have been -- "It's our way of life. It gãis 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, 1880-1930,55 -- "Five dollars a week to be 'regular' Indians": shows, exhibitions, and the economics of Indian dancing, 1880-1930,79 -- "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."