They weren't frightened, but the Ghost Dance gave the Sioux hope and courage to face the problems that they were finding as part of the movement to reservations.
To make the white people disappear
The US government felt that the Ghost Dance was a threat because it was a ceremony that promised to restore the Indians' way of life by ridding the land of white people.
The cast of The Last Ghost Dance - 1914 includes: Elsie Albert as Elsie William Eagle Shirt as Eagle Shirt Chief White Eagle as White Eagle
stop the white settlement of their land.
stop the white settlement of their land.
stop the white settlement of there land
it means White boy when you say Guai Lo but people mean it as White devil, White ghost, Ghost man it is racist comment against white person Guai means Ghost and Lo means men or boy
It's a matter of culture, not physiology. It would be better to say why can't people from Germanic cultures dance. The Spanish certainly have a very strong dance tradition as to the Gaels with their Irish and Scots Step dance. Check out 'Flamenco' and 'Riverdance' before saying 'White people can't dance.' In Riverdance 'Lord of the Dance' there is a interesting competitive display of Irish step alongside African - American dance. It might change your mind about 'white people can't dance' They can dance, just not in the way that other cultures like.
The dance that celebrated the hoped-for return of the buffalo and the disappearance of white settlers is known as the Ghost Dance. Originating among Native American tribes in the late 19th century, particularly the Paiute and Lakota, it was seen as a spiritual movement that promised renewal and restoration of their traditional way of life. The Ghost Dance was a form of resistance and hope, symbolizing the desire for peace and the revitalization of their culture.
Stop the white settlement of their land - Apex
The Ghost Dance was a near- Christian religious ceremony that if properly performed would bring the bison back, all dead warriors back and victory over the white invaders. More importantly, the Ghost Dance offered hope to a people whose spirit was eroding which is why it got outlawed by the whites. The whites needed to break the Indian spirit to control them, something they never truly accomplished. NOTE: It should also be noted that the "Ghost Dance" started with a Paiute named Wovoka who had allegedly had a vision of God. It was 'synthesized' as it was accepted into each tribe; so its meaning may change dependent on which tribe the reference is made from.
The Ghost Dance was a religious revival movement led by Wovoka, a Northern Paiute holy man. The Ghost Dance united Plains Indian tribes and gave them hope and faith that the whites would leave and the Buffalo would return.