... him that the dead would join the living in peace and harmony away from the "whites," and continue to live in their old ways. The Ghost Dance was created as a result to go backwards in time, to escape the life they do not want to live, with buffalos to hunt, ... in. Many different Indians, including the Sioux Indians, believed Wovoka, and began to preach his preaches (1). As they began to practice this new ritual ghost dance, many white settlers were afraid, and the military were soon investigating the Sioux Indians. As a result, Sitting Bull was arrested in December 1890, ... suspected ...

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