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Wovoka
Wovoka (or Jack Wilson) (
c.1865–1932) A Native American (Paiute) prophet, who instigated the
GHOST DANCE, a
MILLENARIAN movement in the late 19th century that promised beleaguered Native Americans redemption and freedom from oppression. In 1888 Wovoka experienced a vision in which he claimed the “Great Spirit” had assured him that the White invaders, who had overrun traditional lands and slaughtered the bison on which the Plains peoples depended, would be put to flight if the Native Americans united in performing the ghost dance. Wovoka's messianic movement failed to help the Native Americans. In 1890 the charismatic Hunkpapa (Dakota) Sioux leader
SITTING BULL, who supported the dance, was killed while resisting arrest and shortly afterwards a group of dancers, believing that their ritual garb made them immune to bullets, were massacred by US troops at the Battle of
WOUNDED KNEE.
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Wovoka and the Ghost Dance.(Review) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: The American Indian Quarterly; 9/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; Michael Hittman. Wovoka and the Ghost Dance. Expanded Edition...bibliography. Paper, $20.00. Wovoka, the Paiute prophet whose visions sparked...accounts of the content and purposes of Wovoka's visions have confused many talented...
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Horse Racing: Wovoka the pick of Pisa line-up.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 3/26/2006; 430 words
; MICK CHANNON'S Wovoka, who ended last season with a Listed success at Leopardstown and has since had three starts in Dubai, continues on his travels...
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Wovoka and the Ghost Dance. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: The American Indian Quarterly; 6/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...the Great Revelation of Jack Wilson, or Wovoka, Numu (Northern Palute)." Thus information...and his own sense of culpability made Wovoka and Northern Paiutes reticent. The Prophet...Numu, decided to present a sketch of Wovoka in the centenary year of the Ghost Dance...
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Trading Post: Wovoka best on form but doubts persist.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 10/31/2005; 700+ words
; Byline: Ben Hutton Plays of the day Wovoka 3.00 Wolverhampton Lay Hasn't looked...and, if he runs to form, he will win Wovoka never looked happy at Chester last month...have shown small glimpses of promise. Wovoka's price will be so short that the lay...
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Horse Racing: Wovoka only fifth; ITALY.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 3/27/2006; 375 words
; WOVOKA, trained by Mick Channon, finished an...at Pisa yesterday. Tony Culhane held up Wovoka towards the rear while Italy's reigning...Branca, made all the running on Magic Box. Wovoka failed to make any real progress in the...
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Horse Racing: Wovoka looks a back-to-lay hope next time out; TRADING POST TRADING REPORT.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 7/28/2007; 473 words
; ...Pyman DARRYLL HOLLAND came in for a bit of stick after he rode Wovoka into second place over a mile at Ascot a couple of weeks ago...too much!) gave the four-year-old a peach of a ride. Wovoka hasn't been in the best of form on the whole this season...
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Leopardstown: Culhane breaks new ground on Wovoka.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 11/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...Doncaster, rode his first Leopardstown winner when punching Wovoka clear inside the final furlong of the Listed Eyrefield Stakes...back with Jamie, but this is my fifth winner in Ireland and Wovoka is a typical Mick Channon horse - tough, genuine and honest...
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 "Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)")
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Nevada blessing ceremony carries traditions forward
Newspaper article from: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times); 5/18/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...distinction of seeing the granddaughter of Wovoka, the Paiute medicine man and prophet...Elder Freida Brown, granddaughter of Wovoka, spoke to the assembled people in English...She explained that his Indian name, Wovoka, meant wood cutter (his English name...
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Massacre at wounded knee: both settlers and Sioux claimed the vast sweep of the Great Plains. Could greater understanding between the two have prevented a tragedy?(American History Play)(Play)
Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic; 11/26/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...In January 1889, a medicine man named Wovoka has a dream. In it, the Great Spirit...Plains will once again belong to Indians. Wovoka holds a ceremony called the Ghost Dance...and other Sioux ride from the Dakotas to Wovoka's camp in Nevada. Kicking Bear: Tell...
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Why did bonus-seeking filly's rivals make themselves scarce? Three parties lay claim to bonus as Sicily race ends in controversy.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 11/10/2005; 700+ words
; ...a claim from Maurice Burns, owner of Wovoka, who is trained in West Ilsley in Berkshire...date. She then had 42 points, but when Wovoka won a Listed race at Leopardstown on Sunday...cut-off point. Amid the confusion, Wovoka's connections are considering putting...
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Wovoka
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Wovoka , c.1858-1932, Paiute , prophet of...whom he worked and the Shaker religion. Wovoka claimed that during an eclipse of the sun...the Native Americans would have to follow Wovoka's doctrine of pacifism and practice the...
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A Letter from Wovoka (1890)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
A LETTER FROM WOVOKA (1890) Wovoka (c. 1856 – 1932) was a Native American mystic and...father of the Ghost Dance Religion. A member of the Paiutes tribe, Wovoka grew up in the company of white settlers in Nevada. The years...
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The Ghost Dance
Book article from: American Eras
The Ghost Dance Sources Wovoka. Spreading rapidly from it origins among...recounted by a Paiute holy man named Wovoka, who claimed to have inherited his father’s powers as a dreamer. Wovoka’s visions, which promised...
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Ghost Dance
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...this time led by another Paiute messiah named Wovoka, or Jack Wilson. Wovoka claimed to have visited the spirit world while in...after Wounded Knee. Although officially banned, Wovoka's original pacific doctrine continued to be practiced...
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Tribal Mysteries
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
...press, 1987. Ghost Dance In 1890 Jack "Wovoka" Wilson (1856–1932), a...vision to share with the Paiute people. Wovoka's vision had revealed that Jesus (c...important part of the vision that God gave to Wovoka was how to perform the Ghost Dance. The...
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