A Whirlwind Passed Through Our Country: Lakota Voices of the Ghost Dance Métis Apache storytelling

Apache storytelling

an important language

They are bagijiganan

to our ancestors

so painful they can break your heart

A Whirlwind Passed Through Our Country: Lakota Voices of the Ghost Dance Métis Apache storytellingThe inception of the Ghost Dance religion in 1890 marked a critical moment in Lakota history. Yet, because this movement alarmed government officials, culminating in the infamous massacre at Wounded Knee of 250 Lakota men, women, and children, historical accounts have most often described the Ghost Dance from the perspective of the white Americans who opposed it. In A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country, historian Rani Henrik Andersson instead gives