Wovoka, shown seated, initiated the Ghost Dance

Wovoka, shown seated, initiated the Ghost Dance religious movement among Native Americans in 1889. Of the Paiute tribe, he was also known as Jack Wilson, and worked as a ranch hand from the Paiute tribe in Nevada, prior to becoming the Messiah. Photo by James Mooney, an ethnologist with US Dept. of Interior (BSLOC_2017_18_2)

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