The Sun Dance Religion: Power for the Powerless by Joseph G. Jorgensen

The Sun Dance Religion: Power for the Powerless by Jorgensen, Joseph G. 1974.

Part 1. History of the Utes and the Shoshones to about 1910: resistance, conquest, and despair. The sun dance in historical perspective; Conquest of the Utes and the Shoshones

Part 2: The context in which the Sun Dance has persisted. The neocolonial reservation context; Deprivation at Northern Ute

Part 3: Religious acts, observances, and beliefs. The modern sun dance ritual; Ideology and the religious experience

Part 4: The religion and the context: Redemption. Toward an explanation of the sun dance ritual; The dancers; Participation of nondancers in the ritual; The interreservation sun dance community

Appendix: Sun dance variables and ratings

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