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Wovoka had a dream that he was sent to the spirit world. Saw Native Americans being sent up to the sky. Earth opened and swallowed the whites to return back to their natural state.

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A Paiute Indian named Wovoka preached this religion, The Ghost Dance.
Sitting Bull, a Souix warrior, embraced the religion. Later was killed after his first ceremony while resisting arrest.
The Lakotas sent messengers to receive the new religion.
The Ghost Dancers were peaceful who didn't harm anyone or destroy anything.

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It was a response to the cruel conditions on the reservations to give them hope.
Was believed to promote the return of the dead and the repair of traditional ways of life.
Hoped to rebuild their world by dancing, not fighting.
Non-Indians became alarmed when coming across a strange new dance.
The new dance was supposed to be the result in the disappearance of whites and the return of the buffalo.

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Originated in Nevada and later swept the Plains towards the end of the 1880s towards the early 1890s.
Also spread through parts of California and Oregon.
Ghost Dance religion found acceptance between tribes from the east such as the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

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When the news of Wounded Knee spread throughout the nations, the Ghost Dance died rapidly.
This massacre put a finish to the dance and made it disappear.
The last Ghost Dance was held in the 1950s with the Shoshone tribe.

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National Anthropological Archives #0608 2100 NEG 37c

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National Anthropological Archives #0608 1900 NEG 37a

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGPTR9kNJRI