Sun Dance

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- In Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains: Belief systems
Battle of Little Bighorn and Sitting Bull
- In Battle of the Little Bighorn
- In Sitting Bull
criminalization
- In Native American: Religious freedom
Great Basin tribes
- In Great Basin Indian: Modern developments
Indian dances
- In Native American dance: The Great Plains
Sioux rituals
- In Native American literature: Plains
South Dakota
- In South Dakota: Progressivism and conservatism

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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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JAMES HOUSLEY

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: How Stuff Works - Encyclopedia - Sun Dance.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Jan 08, 2018
	Handled article to remove link around "The Sun," which directed readers to the wrong article (The Baltimore Sun).	Amy Tikkanen JAMES HOUSLEY	Jul 22, 2009
	Added new Web site: The Mystica.org - The Sun Dance.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 06, 2009
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Encyclopedia - Sun Dance.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 06, 2009
	Capitalized Sun Dance.	Richard Pallardy	Dec 22, 2008
	Article revised and updated.	Elizabeth Prine Pauls	Nov 14, 2007
	Article revised and updated.	Elizabeth Prine Pauls	Apr 06, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998