ghost dance

is a north American indian ritual (and millenian practice) intended to contact the dead and associated with a pre-european way of life.

ghost dance. A North American Indian ritual intended to contact the dead and associated with a desire for the way of life that existed before contact with European settlers. Instituted by the Paiute prophet Wovoka in 1888... most fervently adopted by the Sioux, until the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890. The ghost dance is an example of a millenarian practice (see millenarianism).' (Morris 2012: 18) concise dictionary of social and cultural anthropology

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ghost dance