Ghost Dance
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The Ghost Dance is a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. According to the millenarian teachings of the Northern Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka, renamed Jack Wilson, pro
Wovoka, the Northern Paiute spiritual leader and creator of the Ghost Dance
An Arapaho buckskin ghost shirt, ca 1890
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Wounded Knee Massacre
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The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, was an 1890 armed conflict between Native Americans and the United States Army. It was part of the U.S. Army’s Pine Ridge Campaign.
Ghost Dance
…incorporated Christian elements, making investigation of the round dance's origin complicated. Eyewitness accounts of the Ghost Dance prior to the Wounded Knee Massacre include Ella Cara Deloria and Elaine and Dora Goodale. The Ghost Dance included hundreds of participants in its peak, with many visiting from nearby…
Mass grave for the Lakota dead after the massacre
A depiction of the Ghost Dance
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Miniconjou Lakota Sioux Chief Spotted Elk lies dead after the massacre of Wounded Knee, 1890