{"product_id":"prophets-of-the-great-spirit-native-american-revitalization-movements-in-eastern-north-america-paperback-softback-9781496247384","title":"Prophets of the Great Spirit; Native American Revitalization Movements in Eastern North America (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496247384","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eProphets of the Great Spirit\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNative American Revitalization Movements in Eastern North America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlfred Cave (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496247384\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 July 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eProphets of the Great Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e] does a find job of describing prophet-led movements among the Delaware, Shawnee, Muskogee, Seneca, and Kickapoo peoples. . . . Cave's book arrives at an opportune time and provides a useful synthesis.\" —Joel W. Martin, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \t\u003cdiv\u003e \t\t“\u003ci\u003eProphets of the Great Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e provides a useful overview of a rich and varied historiography. . . . For readers and students interested in the broader history of eastern North America, Cave illustrates important themes in the ongoing struggle of First Peoples to resist the United States’ expansion westward.”—James Taylor Carson, \u003ci\u003eMichigan Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e \t\u003c\/div\u003e \t\u003cdiv\u003e \t\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \t“In this excellent, enjoyable work, Cave explores how a series of connected religious movements led by dynamic prophets swept through Indian groups in eastern North America between 1744 and 1835. . . . Cave’s book will be useful to students of religion as well as Native American history.”—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"At multiple points in \u003ci\u003eProphets\u003c\/i\u003e, Cave demonstrates his historiographical acumen. . . . Cave's treatments, though, of Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh's efforts is perhaps the book's most informative historiographical contribution. . . . Cave's is an admirable text. It is well researched and finely written. To be sure, then, \u003ci\u003eProphets of the Great Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly serviceable and commendable introduction for any student of Native American revitalization movements, Native American history and regions, and early American history.\"—Brendan Q. Swagerty, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \t\u003cdiv\u003e \t\t“A superb text to introduce undergraduates to the activities and beliefs of some of Native North America’s most important spiritual figures….[Alfred Cave’s] careful study of the rise of the ‘Great Spirit’ as a source of spiritual comfort among eastern woodlands prophets, enhances our understanding of prophetic leadership. . . . \u003ci\u003eProphets of the Great Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e is the best of its kind.” —Mark A. Nicholas, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e \t\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Cave displays a thorough knowledge of current ethnohistorical approaches and literature. His research ranges widely and acknowledges and builds on ideas and approaches from other scholars. . . . He demonstrates the variety of prophetic approaches and tactics clearly, and, whenever possible, he succeeds in keeping the tribal societies and ideas directly at the center of the narrative.\"—Roger L. Nichols, \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Early Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProphets of the Great Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e offers an in-depth look at the work of a diverse group of Native American visionaries who forged new, syncretic religious movements that provided their peoples with the ideological means to resist white domination. By blending ideas borrowed from Christianity with traditional beliefs, they transformed \"high\" gods or a distant and aloof creator into a powerful activist deity that came to be called the Great Spirit. These revitalization leaders sought to regain the favor of the Great Spirit through reforms within their societies and the inauguration of new ritual practices. Covering more than a century, from the early 1700s through the Kickapoo Indian removal of the Jacksonian era, the prophets of the Great Spirit sometimes preached armed resistance but more often used nonviolent strategies to resist white cultural domination. Some prophets rejected virtually all aspects of Euro-American culture. Others sought to assure the survival of their culture through selective adaptation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlfred A. Cave explains the conditions giving rise to the millenarian movements in detail and skillfully illuminates the key histories, personalities, and legacies of the movement. Weaving an array of sources into a compelling narrative, he captures the diversity of these prophets and their commitment to the common goal of Native American survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e The Delaware Prophets\u003cbr\u003e The Shawnee Prophets\u003cbr\u003e Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh, and the Pan-Indian Movement\u003cbr\u003e The Red Sticks\u003cbr\u003e The Seneca Prophet\u003cbr\u003e The Kickapoo Prophet\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600323375384,"sku":"9781496247384","price":21.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/prophets-of-the-great-spirit-native-american-revitalization-movements-in-eastern-north-america-paperback-softback-9781496247384","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}