Dancing on common ground
Subtitle: tribal cultures and alliances on the Southern Plains
By: Howard Meredith.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Politics and government.; Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Social life and customs.; Indian dance -- Great Plains.
Description: Dance, a vital expression of community and spirituality for Native Americans, has been the traditional metaphor for resolving conflict among Southern Plains tribes. The Wichita, Caddo, Comanche, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Apache, Arapaho, Delaware, and others brought together by choice or adversity have achieved harmonious coexistence through imagination, mythology, art, dance, commerce, and conservation.

Looking toward the future by assessing that legacy, Howard Meredith argues that the Southern Plains Indians need to reestablish self-determination, traditional practices and values, and their native languages to overcome the adverse effects of federal paternalism, strengthen tribal relations, and improve economic and social conditions for all people in the Southern Plains.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-212) and index.