Question

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Ghost Dance? (Ch. 17) Group of answer choices 1. A performance by "Princess Wovoka" that became popular in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. 2. Indian song and dance rituals that triggered fear among whites and the shooting death of Sioux leader Sitting Bull.3. Sioux songs and dances that sparked a movement against European American settlers to remove them from Indian lands.4. A cycle of ritual songs and dance steps popular among the Sioux. 5. A dance signaling Indian hatred of white encroachment and a precursor to one of the bloodiest conflicts in history at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

Answer 1

Answer: 1 - A performance by "Princess Wovoka" that became popular in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.

Explanation: The Ghost dance was incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. According to the teachings of the Northern Paiute spiritual leader Jack Wilson,  proper practice of the dance would reunite the living with spirits of the dead, bringing the spirits to fight on their behalf and make the white colonists leave thereby bringing peace, prosperity and unity to Native American peoples throughout the region.

The Ghost dance was associated with Wovoka's prophecy of an end to white expansion while preaching goals of clean living, an honest life, and cross-cultural cooperation by Indians

The basis for the Ghost Dance is the circle dance. It is a traditional dance done by many Native Americans which was first practiced by the Nevada Northern Paiute in 1889. And it spread from its original source to different tribes who synthesized selective aspects of the ritual with their own beliefs.

This practice contributed to the Wounded Knee Massacre in December 1890 and it is still in practice today by the southeastern native american tribes.