The Ghost Dance is a Native American religion that was instituted in the nineteenth century by a member of the Paiute tribe , Wovoka (Bowker , The Columbia Encyclopedia). The Ghost Dance Religion itself was a ritual for a peaceful end of the Western expansion and the Native Americans to get their land back . The actual dance ritual only lasted five days (each night of each day except for on the last day it was from the night until morning) (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions). Along with the dances that lasted five days there were trances and shaking that were to be repeated every six weeks (Bowker , The Columbia Encyclopedia). As a result of dancing after a few days they met their ancestors in a visual trance . The founder Wovoka
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He was born in Western Nevada in 1852 and died in 1932 (Brownst). Jack was the Messiah of his people; his announcements about the whites leaving and the Indians reclaiming their land was the foundation of the Ghost Dance religion and spread to a variety of tribes throughout the American West (Brown, t). At the age of 14, Wovoka’s father died, leaving him to be raised by David Wilson (a white rancher) and his family, and that's how he got the name Jack Wilson (Holt). While working as a rancher he learned to speak English and knew a reasonable amount of Christianity (Brownt). At 30, he began to put together the Ghost Dance religion (Holt). But before his death, his father Tavibo urged his followers to dance in circles (Holt) . His father preached about the whites …show more content…
They both have a leader who is often mistaken as the Messiah or the Jesus to the religions. Both leaders ascended into Heaven and had an encounter with God. As an effect of those encounters with God, Muhammad recited the Qur’an and, Wovoka recited how the Ghost Dance is supposed to be performed. These two people are the heroes of their religion, in some way or form they resurrected their religion. Muhammad continued Islam as did Wovoka with Ghost Dance. Also both religions have meditation as a part of their worship (Young). There is a shared idea that Ghost Dance has with Islam of a disaster ending the world & making the world peaceful. Ghost Dancers and Muslims also believe in the same God of
He was born in Western Nevada in 1852 and died in 1932 (Brownst). Jack was the Messiah of his people; his announcements about the whites leaving and the Indians reclaiming their land was the foundation of the Ghost Dance religion and spread to a variety of tribes throughout the American West (Brown, t). At the age of 14, Wovoka’s father died, leaving him to be raised by David Wilson (a white rancher) and his family, and that's how he got the name Jack Wilson (Holt). While working as a rancher he learned to speak English and knew a reasonable amount of Christianity (Brownt). At 30, he began to put together the Ghost Dance religion (Holt). But before his death, his father Tavibo urged his followers to dance in circles (Holt) . His father preached about the whites …show more content…
They both have a leader who is often mistaken as the Messiah or the Jesus to the religions. Both leaders ascended into Heaven and had an encounter with God. As an effect of those encounters with God, Muhammad recited the Qur’an and, Wovoka recited how the Ghost Dance is supposed to be performed. These two people are the heroes of their religion, in some way or form they resurrected their religion. Muhammad continued Islam as did Wovoka with Ghost Dance. Also both religions have meditation as a part of their worship (Young). There is a shared idea that Ghost Dance has with Islam of a disaster ending the world & making the world peaceful. Ghost Dancers and Muslims also believe in the same God of