James Mooney
James Mooney
James Mooneywas an American ethnographer who lived for several years among the Cherokee. He did major studies of Southeastern Indians, as well as those on the Great Plains. His most notable works were his ethnographic studies of the Ghost Dance after Sitting Bull's death in 1890, a widespread 19th-century religious movement among various Native American culture groups, and the Cherokee: The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees, and Myths of the Cherokee, all published by the US Bureau of American Ethnology...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
CountryUnited States of America
The dance commonly begins about the middle of the afternoon or later, after sundown. When it begins in the afternoon, there is always an intermission of an hour or two for supper. The preliminary painting and dressing is usually the work of about two hours.
As it is no part of the original Ghost dance and is confined to these two tribes, it deserves no extended notice in this connection.
Having sung it through once they raise their voices to their full strength and repeat it, this time slowly circling around in the dance.