Question

What was the name of the Indigenous prophet whose preachings helped to spread the Ghost Dance throughout Native communities in the U.S. and Canada?

Answer 1

Answer:

Wovoka.

Explanation:

Wovoka is known as the messiah who spread the the Ghost Dance movement throughout U.S and Canada. He was a Paiute religious prophet who prophesied the end of the white men leaving the native lands to the native people.

Wovoka preached about a new age where the natives would have their land to themselves for spiritual renewal and immortal life. The Ghost Dance initiated by him was a practice to preserve traditional Native American culture and as a form of resistance against U.S. policy and American culture.