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The Ghost Dance (Caddo: Nanissáanah, [1] also called the Ghost Dance of 1890) is a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. According to the millenarian teachings of the Northern Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka (renamed Jack Wilson), proper practice of the dance would reunite the living with spirits of the dead, bring ...
The Ghost Dance movement is known for being practiced by the victims of the Wounded Knee Massacre. Before the Ghost Dance reached Native Americans on South Dakota plains reservations, interest in the movement came from U.S. Indian Office, U.S. War Department, and multiple Native American tribal delegations. As the movement spread across the ...
Below is a list of commonly recognized figures who are part of Lakota mythology, a Native American tribe with current lands in North and South Dakota.The spiritual entities of Lakota mythology are categorized in several major categories, including major deities, wind spirits, personified concepts, and other beings.
Region. Canada. United States. Wendigo (/ ˈwɛndɪɡoʊ /) is a mythological creature or evil spirit originating from Algonquian folklore. The concept of the wendigo has been widely used in literature and other works of art, such as social commentary and horror fiction.
Choctaw mythology is part of the culture of the Choctaw, a Native American tribe originally occupying a large territory in the present-day Southeastern United States: much of the states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. In the 19th century, the Choctaw were known to European Americans as one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" even though ...
Márohu. God of the moon and of rain, rainstorms, and floods; Boinayel's twin brother. Maketaori Guayaba. The god of Coaybay or Coabey, the land of the dead. Opiyel Guabiron. A dog-shaped god that watched over the dead; often associated with the Greek Cerberus.
Nûñnë'hï. The Nunnehi (Cherokee: ᏅᏁᎯ (Nvnehi)) are a race of immortal spirit people in Cherokee mythology. In the Cherokee language, Nunnehi literally means "The People Who Live Anywhere", but it is often translated into English as "The People Who Live Forever", or simply "The Immortals". The Cherokee believed the Nunnehi to be a type ...
John Wilson, Indian Territory, ca. 1900 [ 1] "John Wilson the Revealer of Peyote" [ 2] (c.1845–1901) was a Caddo medicine man who introduced the Peyote plant into a religion, became a major leader in the Ghost Dance, and introduced a new peyote ceremony with teachings of Christ. [ 3] John Wilson's Caddo name was Nishkû'ntu, meaning "Moon Head."