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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spirit Dance canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10590875 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spirit Dance Context triple: [Ghost Dance religious movement, hasAlternativeName, Spirit Dance]
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A.
Shadow Dance
"Shadow Dance" is a dark, surreal 1966 novel by Angela Carter that blends gothic elements with psychological exploration and experimental prose.
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Shadow Dancing
"Shadow Dancing" is a 1978 disco-pop hit single by Andy Gibb that became one of his most successful and recognizable songs.
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C.
The Dance
"The Dance" is a painting by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, exemplifying his elegant, theatrical scenes of aristocratic leisure and refined movement.
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D.
The Dance
The Dance is a painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert, known for its dynamic composition and elegant depiction of figures in motion.
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E.
The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spirit Dance Target entity description: 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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A.
Shadow Dance
"Shadow Dance" is a dark, surreal 1966 novel by Angela Carter that blends gothic elements with psychological exploration and experimental prose.
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B.
Shadow Dancing
"Shadow Dancing" is a 1978 disco-pop hit single by Andy Gibb that became one of his most successful and recognizable songs.
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C.
The Dance
The Dance is a painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert, known for its dynamic composition and elegant depiction of figures in motion.
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D.
The Dance
"The Dance" is a painting by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, exemplifying his elegant, theatrical scenes of aristocratic leisure and refined movement.
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E.
The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American religious movement
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religious movement ⓘ |
| alternateName | Ghost Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Wounded Knee Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn | late 19th-century ethnographic accounts ⓘ |
| hasBelief |
anticipated disappearance of white settlers
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prophecy of a renewed world ⓘ return of ancestors ⓘ return of the buffalo ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Native American spirituality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
restoration of indigenous lands
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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
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revitalization movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Christian millenarian ideas ⓘ |
| involves |
circle dancing
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ritual singing ⓘ trance states ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perceivedAs | threat by United States authorities ⓘ |
| practicedBy |
Arapaho
NERFINISHED
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Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakota Sioux NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Paiute NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoshone NERFINISHED ⓘ various Plains tribes ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Native American religion ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Native American history
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anthropology ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| suppressedBy | United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Spirit Dance Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.