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.