God's Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America standing rock They provide examples of misunderstanding

They provide examples of misunderstanding and sometimes hostility from both non-Natives and Natives that threaten or circumscribe the careers of Native scholars in higher education

among others—to offer readers a chance to hold the wealth of poems in their hands

on Indian reservations across the West

In the summer of 1912 Hopi runner Louis Tewanima won silver in the 10

despite the efforts of the nuns in charge at the school

God's Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America standing rock They provide examples of misunderstandingIn 1890, on Indian reservations across the West, followers of a new religion danced in circles until they collapsed into trances. In an attempt to suppress this new faith, the US Army killed over two hundred Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek. Louis Warren's God's Red Son offers a startling new view of the religion known as the Ghost Dance, from its origins in the visions of a Northern Paiute named Wovoka to the tragedy in South Dakota. To this day,