The Ghost dance
The Ghost Dance was practiced by Native Americans, including this specific tribal group mentioned in the project.
Who are the Lakota (or Lakota Sioux)?
He was the leader of the Lakota Sioux who explicitly wanted safety and peace for his people, not war.
Who is Chief Big Foot?
The 7th Cavalry surrounded the Lakota camp and ordered them to surrender all of these items.
What are weapons (or rifles)?
In addition to standard rifles, the U.S. Cavalry deployed these heavy weapons directly against the crowded camp.
What are cannons (or heavy artillery)?
The Ghost Dance did not start with the Lakota, but was actually brought to them by these two Lakota leaders after they visited Nevada.
Who are Kicking Bear and Short Bull?
The Lakota believed the Ghost Dance would bring about a spiritual change that would cause this specific group of people to leave their lands.
Who are the white settlers?
This heavily armed U.S. military regiment was sent into the area to intercept and disarm the Lakota.
What is the 7th Cavalry?
To look for and confiscate rifles, soldiers invaded privacy by entering and searching these traditional Lakota dwellings.
What are teepees?
The fight was entirely unfair because the military used massive firepower against a group that was already in the process of being what?
What is being disarmed?
This Northern Paiute spiritual leader, also known as Jack Wilson, was the original creator of the Ghost Dance movement.
Who is Wovoka?
Although it was actually a completely peaceful movement, the U.S. Army misinterpreted the Ghost Dance as this type of dance.
What is a "war dance"?
The original, peaceful message of the Ghost Dance was dramatically changed when these two specific Lakota reservation leaders returned from Nevada with its teachings.
Who are Kicking Bear and Short Bull?
This specific, tense action by an unknown party instantly triggered a massive, chaotic reaction from the waiting soldiers.
What is a single shot being fired?
Historical records indicate that many U.S. military casualties were likely caused by this, due to soldiers firing wildly into the crowd.
what is friendly fire?
Wovoka's original vision was triggered during this specific celestial event that occurred in January 1889.
What is a solar eclipse?
Because they misunderstood the religious ritual, the U.S. government panicked out of fear that this was coming.
What is a Native American uprising?
Rather than warriors, these two specific groups made up the vast majority of the 250 to 300 Lakota people killed.
Who are women and children?
The Lakota people were traveling to find this, rather than trying to launch an attack against the military.
What is safety?
This is the total estimated range of Lakota Sioux people who lost their lives in the tragedy.
What is between 250 and 300?
According to Wovoka's vision, this religious figure had returned to Earth as a Native American.
What is the Christian Messiah (or Jesus Christ)?
The Ghost Dance movement was fundamentally about hope and restoring this for the Native Americans.
What is their way of life?
This is the total number of U.S. soldiers who died during the incident, many likely from friendly fire.
What is 25?
The U.S. government viewed the Ghost Dance as a direct threat to white settlers because one of the central ideas of the ritual was that it would cause this specific group to completely disappear.
Who is the "white man" (or white settlers)?
According to a drawing shown in the presentation, the grim aftermath left the bodies of the victims scattered in this environmental element.
what is snow?
The Lakota thought this piece of clothing would protect them from the white man's bullets?
What is a "ghost" shirt?