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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Paiute religious leader who founded the Ghost Dance movement. The movement faded when a number of its followers, thought to have supernatural protection, were massacred at Wounded Knee (1890).
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Wovoka aka Jack Wilson, was a religious leader and shaman of the Paiute Indians.
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Wovoka also discouraged the practice of mourning, because the dead would soon be resurrected, demanding instead the performance of prayers, meditation, chanting, and especially dancing through which one might briefly die and catch a glimpse of the paradise-to-come, replete with lush green prairie grass, large buffalo herds and Indian ancestors.
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A phenomena swept the American west in 1888 by Paiute holy man Wovoka from Nevada ..
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Wovoka, son of the mystic Tavibo, drew on his father's teachings and his own vision during an eclipse of the sun.
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On January 1, 1889, during a total eclipse Wovoka had a powerful vision.
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The first movement petered out but was renewed in 1889 by Wovoka, a Paiute medicine man, who was influenced by the Bible, Jesus Christ, and the round dances of the white people.
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On January 1, 1889, during a total eclipse Wovoka had a powerful vision.
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The first movement petered out but was renewed in 1889 by Wovoka, a Paiute medicine man, who was influenced by the Bible, Jesus Christ, and the round dances of the white people.
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But the vision of the peaceful Paiute dreamer, Wovoka, had come to an end with the Battle of Wounded Knee.
THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007
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It is begun through a vision by a Paiute warrior, Wovoka.
THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007
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