Shawnee_sioux_war_dance – Confirmed
: Initiated by a Paiute prophet named Wovoka, the dance spread to the Lakota Sioux during a period of starvation and confinement on reservations.
While the Sioux have many traditional dances (like the , which they shared with the Shawnee and Meskwaki), the Ghost Dance of the late 19th century is their most historically significant "war-adjacent" ritual. shawnee_sioux_war_dance
: Dancers believed that by performing the ritual, their ancestors would return, the buffalo would reappear, and the land would be restored to its pre-colonized state. : Initiated by a Paiute prophet named Wovoka,
: Initiated by a Paiute prophet named Wovoka, the dance spread to the Lakota Sioux during a period of starvation and confinement on reservations.
While the Sioux have many traditional dances (like the , which they shared with the Shawnee and Meskwaki), the Ghost Dance of the late 19th century is their most historically significant "war-adjacent" ritual.
: Dancers believed that by performing the ritual, their ancestors would return, the buffalo would reappear, and the land would be restored to its pre-colonized state.