Spirit Dance
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Spirit Dance is another name for the Ghost Dance, a late 19th-century Native American religious movement that sought spiritual renewal and the restoration of indigenous lands and ways of life.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American religious movement
ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ |
| alternateName | Ghost Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Wounded Knee Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn | late 19th-century ethnographic accounts ⓘ |
| hasBelief |
anticipated disappearance of white settlers
ⓘ
prophecy of a renewed world ⓘ return of ancestors ⓘ return of the buffalo ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Native American spirituality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
restoration of indigenous lands
ⓘ
restoration of traditional ways of life ⓘ spiritual renewal ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure | Wovoka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContext | various Native American languages ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
increased U.S. military repression
ⓘ
strengthening of Native spiritual identity ⓘ |
| hasPeakTime | 1890 ⓘ |
| hasRitualObject | Ghost Dance shirts ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 1880s ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anti-colonial struggle
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cultural revitalization ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| hasType |
millenarian movement
ⓘ
revitalization movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Christian millenarian ideas ⓘ |
| involves |
circle dancing
ⓘ
ritual singing ⓘ trance states ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perceivedAs | threat by United States authorities ⓘ |
| practicedBy |
Arapaho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakota Sioux NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Paiute NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoshone NERFINISHED ⓘ various Plains tribes ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Native American religion ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Native American history
ⓘ
anthropology ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| suppressedBy | United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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