Paiute Native American shaman Wovoka and the Ghost Dance

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The Ghost Dance appeared during a time of desperation for the Native American Indian people. The Ghost Dance started when Paiute shaman Jack Wilson or Wovoka had a vision that if our people would dance and sing we Indians would live again. The Ghost Dance spread throughout the land. In Dec. 1890 the military panicked and massacred innocent Lakota Indian people at Wound Knee while they danced. It is one of the worse incidents in United States history. Judy Trejo - Summit Lake (Tommo Agi) and Walker River (Agi) Paiute and Anita Collins - Shoshone and Walker River Paiute speak about Wovoka. The Round Dance was a traditional Great Basin dance that spread across the land in the form of the Ghost Dance, and is now part of many celebrations. Robbie Robertson sings "Ghost Dance".

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Uploaded: January 4, 2007 at 12:38 am
Author: Ahwahneechee

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numbing numbered numerous Comments:
spiderman0003 (December 2, 2008 at 12:20 pm)
The Americans were wrong to take the land from the Natives... I am white... But I know that our greed is responsible for all this and I am sorry,... but one white person is probably nothing compared to the whole population. I too wish America could go back to the way things were when it was all nature.
emannyc2002 (November 22, 2008 at 9:53 pm)
one day we will all learn to live in peace with the earth - slowly we are all working toward that.
tzman7182 (November 13, 2008 at 1:25 am)
There is no "Native American". We are all from somewhere else, including these Idnians. The Indians migrated here, just like everyone else. Hell, the Lakota arent even from the plainS region. I dont even know why I am posting this here.....
MEXICAFOLKS (November 17, 2008 at 4:22 pm)
MAYBE BECAUSE YOU HAVE WHITEMAN GUILT
minutegongcoughs (November 21, 2008 at 2:58 pm)
Ok, But to us lot in the UK we have a fascination with Native Americans. Santa Fe, Los Alamos and anywhere else in the US and Canada. Ever since I was a small boy growing up in East London I have made certain I will get to Wounded Knee someday. An antique blanket from the rest of the world sells for thousands. An Indian/Native American blanket will sell for hundreds of thousands.
lilnative928 (November 9, 2008 at 5:29 pm)
i am glad they put these videos on here cuz our culture is almost over looked and i hav not learned dat much about it in school i am german and black and native american i know more about my other cultures then my native american culture we need to keep our culture alive and not forgoten we are the natives of america^-^
longrange1 (November 9, 2008 at 12:30 am)
They live a dream that never was and danced a dream that God would come down and the white man would be destroyed.

Some still dance the Ghost Dance in their hearts.

Let me know when it happens and the herds of buffalo again cover the plains.
amangne12 (November 1, 2008 at 10:25 pm)
I know you think that all white people are evil but it's simply not true, if it were true then all the native americans would be dead and you would all be illiterate instead of writing comments on youtube.
MaiJoeyFan (November 6, 2008 at 8:24 pm)
true but look at it from a native's point of view. I'm cherokee, and one of my old ancesters wrote a diary about all the hard times and once everyone in the family reads this its like... wow. 43 people in my family's tribe died due to the indian removal act and thats really sad to know. i actually know these pow wow dances and once a year we do the ghost dance in honor of lost family, its really depressing.
CAPITANheathenheart (November 30, 2008 at 10:53 pm)
I might not feel exactly the way you do, but I feel a great respect for your people. I am from Central America, my ancestors also went through that kind of situation, more or less. I would like to know many things about your culture, would you help me? Could you point me in the right direction? Could you at least tell me about some good internet sites to read?