They tried to return to their old ways on being dependent on themselves and went to a new mysticism shaman called Wovoka. Wovoka called himself the Messiah and said “The dead would soon join the living in a world were the Indians could live the way they use to.” He explains that a tidal wave of new soil would cover the earth, bury all whites, and rebuild the prairie. The Sioux were to dance the Ghost Dance. The Ghost Dance religion made a long journey to the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwestern South Dakota to seek protection from militar

The memory of December 29, 1890 still evokes emotional and responses from present day Native Americans and their supporters. We must never forget this moment in United States history of the horrific destruction of human life and liberty. The Native Americans gave up their land and suffered loss of lives and rights. We took over everything that the Native Americans worked and lived for. The Battle of Wounded Knee should be more talked about in American history, so we can never forget the event of December 29, 1980.

y capture. The dancers wore brightly colored shirts decorated with images of eagles and buffaloes. The “Ghost Shirts” would protect them from the American soldiers.

During the fall of 1890, the Ghost Dance spread through the Sioux villages of the Dakota reservations, stimulating the Sioux to be less afraid of the white men. The whites on the other hand, wanted to be protected. A worried Indian A

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