What: A Hole in the Dream: The Ghost Dance and the Making of Modern America, presented by Dr. Louis Warren
When: 7:00 p.m., Thurs., April 26
Where: Carol Burke Student Lounge, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock Campus
For many people, the Ghost Dance and its tragic climax at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1890 have come to symbolize the close of the frontier, the end of the Indian Wars, and the end of the nineteenth century. Yet, according environmental and western historian and author Louis Warren, the Ghost Dance was not the death knell of an outmoded way of life. Rather, it expressed a desire for environmental renewal, which was widely shared among Indians and non-Indians, and among its results was the beginning of a modern, twentieth century sensibility that has come to be known as cultural relativism.
The event is sponsored by the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact CSU Stanislaus Department of History (209) 667-3238.
When: 7:00 p.m., Thurs., April 26
Where: Carol Burke Student Lounge, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock Campus
For many people, the Ghost Dance and its tragic climax at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1890 have come to symbolize the close of the frontier, the end of the Indian Wars, and the end of the nineteenth century. Yet, according environmental and western historian and author Louis Warren, the Ghost Dance was not the death knell of an outmoded way of life. Rather, it expressed a desire for environmental renewal, which was widely shared among Indians and non-Indians, and among its results was the beginning of a modern, twentieth century sensibility that has come to be known as cultural relativism.
The event is sponsored by the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact CSU Stanislaus Department of History (209) 667-3238.