Ellis, Clyde,  1958- <br/><br/>
A dancing people :  powwow culture on the southern Plains / 
 Powwow culture on the southern plains. 
Clyde Ellis. 
 - vii, 232 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction: "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 to be '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 --  Conclusion: "My children and grandchildren, they've learned these ways, too, because it's good, it's powerful"  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>070061494X 9780700614943 0700612742 9780700612741 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003006868 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Powwows--Great Plains<br/>Indians of North America--Social life and customs--Great Plains
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E98.P86  / E55 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>793.3108997078