WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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was a sacred dance used by the natives
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was a sacred dance
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used to summon the natives dead ancestors to remove the white settlers
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Ghost Dance was a spiritual movement that arose among Western American Indians. It began among the Paiute in about 1869 with a series of visions of an elder, Wodziwob. These visions foresaw renewal of the Earth and help for the Paiute peoples as promised by their ancestors.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Ghost Dance (Caddo: Nanissáanah, also called the Ghost Dance of 1890) was a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ghost Dance and Sitting Bull On December 15, 1890, reservation police tried to arrest Sitting Bull, the famous Sioux chief, whom they mistakenly believed was a Ghost Dancer, and killed him in the process, increasing the tensions at Pine Ridge in South Dakota.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Ghost Dance movement in many respects ended with the Wounded Knee Massacre. Most tribes stopped dances but kept aspects of the teachings alive, such as a hand game amongst the Assiniboine. Disciples also continued to visit Wovoka for a number of years.