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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 30, 2008 9:15:36 GMT -5
I thought this was very interesting .... even though I had seen the photos before ... it made me look at them a little differently ! Annie James Mooney and the Ghost Dance In the summer of 1890, James Mooney was making plans to go to Oklahoma Territory to continue his study of the Cherokee. During his preparations, news of the Ghost Dance movement reached Washington, including its spread to Indian Territory--the western part of modern Oklahoma--and he asked for and received permission to change topics (Mooney 1896:653). Mooney arrived in Indian Territory in December 1890; by the time he reached the Darlington agency, headquarters of the Cheyennes and Arapahos, towards the end of the month, "the ground was covered deeply with snow, which stopped the dancing for several weeks" (1896:923). During the interval, "after having obtained their confidence, the Arapaho police [including Watonga 'Black Coyote', chief of the Agency police, and Cedar Tree, a policeman] invited me to come up to their camp at night to hear them practice the songs in anticipation of better weather for dancing. . . . Rehearsals were held in Black Coyote's tipi almost every night until the snow melted" (1896:918); then, "When the snow melted, the dances were renewed." (1896:923). From his letters back to the Bureau, it is known that Mooney was with the Arapahos through the end of January, when he visited Anadarko, returning to Darlington in the middle of February. In early March he visited Eufala, returning to Darlington in May. He returned to Washington in late July or early August. Based on the evidence of the photographs, e. g., the lack of leaves on the trees, most of his photographs of the Arapaho Ghost Dances were taken in late January or February, 1891. Again, based on the evidence of the photographs, during those periods, Mooney photographed at least two, perhaps three, Arapaho Ghost Dance events. Based on his letters, at least one of these events occurred January 25, 1891: on January 27, a Tuesday, Mooney wrote to Henry Henshaw, "Sunday [i.e. two days previous, the 25th] counted at one time 139 dancers, besides outside spectators with 26 others inside the circle--some in a manic frenzy, some in spasms and others stretched out on the ground stiff and unconscious" (Mooney to Henshaw, 27 Jan 1891). In his letters during the following months, he made no further reference to having seen any other dances; the clear implication is that the primary Ghost Dance photographs were made no later than early February 1891. Mooney returned to Indian Territory in the fall of 1893 to observe and photograph the Arapaho Sun Dance of that year, postponed from the summer because of farm duties.
php.indiana.edu/~tkavanag/visual5.html
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 29, 2008 19:33:24 GMT -5
Hi Frank and Ladonna ! According to the History Channel TV show - we are going to have to rethink the "first American"!! It seems that artifacts have been found - that date to around 25,000 years ago and suggest several different sources ......... one was along the northern route from Europe to Iceland Greenland and then to Canada, ............ the other is from China/Russia and traveled the Pacific Kelp forest all the way to Baja Mexico !!!!! Annie
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 29, 2008 19:04:18 GMT -5
I apologise Ladonna ... Rain in the Face wasn't with Buffalo Bill ... George Crager was !! Annie
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 29, 2008 16:20:02 GMT -5
Oh ladonna ... you maybe sorry !! Especially when you find out - that people like me have loads of questions !! Thank you though ... it's fascinating to see so much information in one place !! Annie
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 29, 2008 16:08:32 GMT -5
So Julia was married to the Standing Rock Thunder Hawk then ??
So which one is buried at the St Francis Mission ? the one photographed here ?? or the Standing Rock one ??
Annie
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 29, 2008 16:02:51 GMT -5
Hi Ladonna George Crager sold the vest of Rain in the Face to the museum in Glasgow .... about the same time Rain in the Face was with Buffalo Bill !! .... but this man JC Worth seems to be wearing it in photos at Pine Ridge !! and I've been trying to find out who he is ... do you know ?? turtletrack.org/Issues00/Co06172000/CO_06172000_Waistcoat.htmAnnie
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 29, 2008 15:40:42 GMT -5
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Rosebud
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 28, 2008 11:01:47 GMT -5
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 28, 2008 10:53:22 GMT -5
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 27, 2008 22:57:33 GMT -5
I haven't seen this picture before jinlian .... thank you !! Can you tell me about it ? ( I did a search for Blue Horse thread on the LBH forum ...... but I couldn't get it !! ) Annie
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 27, 2008 22:31:21 GMT -5
Here's another picture of Standing Holy ... looks like it was taken in front of the same chair that was on your first photo jinlian ! popartmachine.com/item/pop_art/LOC+1149415I'm afraid you have to scroll down the "S's" ......... !! Annie Edit .... she married Urban Spotted Horse
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Rosebud
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 25, 2008 7:49:06 GMT -5
How can I find out about a reburial in the vicinity of the Rosebud Reservation ? I've tried everything I can think of ..... but can't even find a newspaper snippet ... I'd appreciate a steer in the right direction !! I imagine something would have been in the paper ... the man died over a 100 years ago and was repatriated .... in 1999 ! Thanking you in advance ! Annie
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 25, 2008 1:27:49 GMT -5
Thanks miyelo ... I'd appreciate the help ! The only other thing I know is that she was married to Joseph Redshirt ! Annie
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 24, 2008 16:01:07 GMT -5
Right underneath my reply ( that I'm writing to you now ) is my original post ... ( which was the first on this thread ! ) Your post ........... that I am replying to ....... is at the bottom of the thread I was asking if your post ( which is the one I'm replying to ) could be at the top instead of the bottom ... when I'm making a reply !! I said I was a dufuss didn't I ??
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Post by liverpoolannie on Jul 24, 2008 15:52:00 GMT -5
I understand !
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