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Ghost Dance and Religious Resistance

Ghost Dance and Religious Resistance. Ghost Dance. New religious movement Spiritual dance to regain life Became part of many Native American belief systems. Basis : circle round dance since prehistoric times Trance , prophesying Last 5 days and 4 nights

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Ghost Dance and Religious Resistance

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  1. GhostDance and ReligiousResistance

  2. GhostDance • New religiousmovement • Spiritualdancetoregain life • Became part of manyNative American beliefsystems

  3. Basis: circle\rounddancesinceprehistorictimes • Trance, prophesying • Last 5 days and 4 nights • Occurevery 6 weeks • Movedfrom right toleft → course of Sun • No instruments

  4. The OriginalMovement • Beganin 1870, Walker Lake Reservation, Nevada • HawthorneWodziwob– Gray Hair (Paiute) • PreachedGod’s messages • Spreadtowestward(Klamath, Miwok, Modoc, Yurok)

  5. SecondMovement • 1890 – Jack Wilson – Wovoka • Prophet of peace • New religionwas termed as:” Dancein a circle” → ”SpiritDance” → ”GhostDance” • Religionspreadacrossmuch of western part(Cheyenne, Arapaho, Lakota(Sioux), Kiowa)

  6. New formpracticedamong Nevada Paiute (1889) • QuicklyreachedCalifornia and Oklahoma • Changeinsocietyand inritual • ContributedinLakotaresistance

  7. Politicalinfluence • 1890 – Smallerreservations • Individuallands – unableto farm ↓ • Starvation • PeopleturnedintoGhostDance

  8. US governmentbannedGhostDance • Ritualscontinued • Troopsin South Dakota • Arrest and death of Sitting Bull ↓ • More violentresistance

  9. WoundedKneeMassacre • Atleast 153 deadSioux

  10. GhostDancedisappeared • Led toBourkeAct (1906) • Competent \ Incompetent • NativeAmericanslostabout 90 millionacres of land • About 90000 landless • 1930s: landreturnedtotribalownership • Stilllow standard of living

  11. ThankYouForYourAttention!

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