Part one of term paper
was a religous movement among Native Americans during the late1800’s in the far west. It offered the Indians hope ofspiritual renewal and a return to their oldway of living. The religion promised that dead Indian ancestors and game animals would comeback to life. It was first adopted by Indians in what is now the state of Nevada in the l ...

Part two of term paper
... herds, leaving the indians without their chief source of food. This caused them to search for a source of spiritual salvation, and they turned to the Ghost The religion centered on a ceremony called the ghost dance, which differed from tribe to tribe. These ancient ghost dances dealt with the spirits of dead human beings. There was also a ghost dance to cure sicknesses caused by ghosts, and a ghost scalp dance. Among western Sioux in 1890, believers danced around a pole or tree decorated wit ...