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	Wovoka -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wovoka (~1856-1932), also known as Jack Wilson, was a (Click link for more info and facts about Northern Paiute) Northern Paiute religious leader and founder of the (A religious dance of native Americans looking for communication with the dead) Ghost Dance movement.
		Wovoka's father died around the year 1870, and he was taken in by David Wilson, who was a (A person who owns or operates a ranch) rancher in the (Click link for more info and facts about Yerington, Nevada) Yerington, Nevada area.
		Wovoka vision entailed the resurrection of the Paiute dead and the removal of whites and their works from North America.To bring this vision to pass, Wovoka taught that they must live righteously and perform a round dance, known as the "ghost dance".
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wo/wovoka.htm (493 words)

	Encyclopedia: Wovoka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wovoka (~1856-September 20, 1932), also known as Jack Wilson, was a Northern Paiute religious leader and founder of the Ghost Dance movement.
		Wovoka was born in the Smith Valley area southeast of Carson City, Nevada, around the year 1856.
		Wovoka's father died around the year 1870, and he was taken in by David Wilson, who was a rancher in the Yerington, Nevada area.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wovoka (811 words)

	Ghost Dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The insignificant movement began with a dream by Wovoka (named Jack Wilson in English), a Northern Paiute, during the solar eclipse on January 1, 1889.
		Wovoka's message spread quickly to other Native American peoples and soon many of them were fully dedicated to the movement.
		Wovoka, disturbed by the death threats and disappointed with the many reinterpretations of his vision, gave up his public speaking.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ghost_dance (1138 words)

	Encyclopedia of North American Indians - - Wovoka (Jack Wilson) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wovoka (The Woodcutter) lived his entire life in the Smith and Mason Valleys of western Nevada, though the reverberations from his Ghost Dance religion were felt throughout the Indian world of the late nineteenth century.
		Wovoka's wife was named Mary (or Mattie or Maggie); her tribal name was Tuuma, a Northern Paiute word that denotes a woven basket used for cooking pine nuts.
		According to the coroner's report, Wovoka died on September 29, 1932, at age seventy-four, of "enlarged prostate cystitis." The earthquake that rocked the Smith and Mason Valleys three months later is believed by his descendants today to have been a fulfillment of that prophecy.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_043900_wovoka.htm (1071 words)

	PBS - THE WEST - Wovoka/Jack Wilson
		Known as the messiah to his followers, Wovoka was the Paiute mystic whose religious pronouncements spread the Ghost Dance among many tribes across the American West.
		Wovoka soon took the name Jack Wilson, by which he was broadly known among both neighboring whites and Indians, and worked on Wilson's ranch well into adulthood.
		Whether or not Tävibo was Wovoka's father, as many at the time assumed, in the late 1880's Wovoka began to make similar prophecies.
	www.pbs.org /weta/thewest/people/s_z/wovoka.htm (571 words)

	Wovoka: The False Paiute Messiah :: Newtopia Magazine :: a journal of the new counterculture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wovoka was believed to have been born in the year 1854 in the Sierras of Nevada.
		Wovoka eventually left the Wilson household and returned to live among the Paiute; the reason for this departure from his adoptive family is not known.
		Why Wovoka did not travel could be attributed to either a fear of unknown territories, a lack of funds to accommodate travel or even the possibility of enemies who viewed his theology with scorn or agitation.
	www.newtopiamagazine.net /articles/34?POSTNUKESID=85cddacc540920954a559fb7db0cfd27 (2253 words)

	WOVOKA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wovoka (vermutlich der schneidet, auch Wevokar, Cowejo, Wopokahte, Kwohitsauq, Quoitze, Jackson Wilson, John Johnson oder Jack Wilson genannt; * um 1856 bis 1932 im Walker Valley, Nevada, USA) war ein einflussreicher Prophet der Paviotso-Paiute-Indianer.
		Wovoka war der Sohn eines Paiute-Medizinmannes namens Tävibo.
		Wovoka galt mit Mitte 30 als indianischer Messias oder zumindest Prophet, der einen Tanz lehrte, der als Geistertanz bekannt wurde.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/W/Wovoka (178 words)

	WOVOKA: The Paiute Messiah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wovoka eventually left the Wilson household and returned to live among the Paiute; the reason for this departure from his adopted family is not known.
		Why Wovoka did not travel could be attributed to either a fear of unknown territories, a lack of funds to accommodate travel or even the possibility of enemies.
		Wovoka was traced as the father of the Ghost Dance and was interviewed by James Mooney, an ethnologist and anthropologist with the Smithsonian Institute.
	www.viewzone.com /wovoka.html (1930 words)

	Wovoka
		Wovoka was told that he must teach his people that they must love each other, live in peace with the white people, and must work hard and not lie or steal.
		Wovoka was given a dance by God that had to be performed for five consecutive days.
		Wovoka claimed that performing this dance would result in the return of the buffalo.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWwovoka.htm (1205 words)

	Department of Cultural Affairs - This Was Nevada: Wovoka "The Ghost Dance Prophet" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wovoka, also known as Jack Wilson, was a Northern Paiute Indian born near Yerington, Nev. about 1856.
		Wovoka was one of the most important and influential leaders of the American West, according to biographer Dr. Michael Hittman, professor of anthropology at Long Island University, who will deliver the keynote address at the Oct. 9 celebration.
		Wovoka proclaimed his stirring message and taught his people the Ghost Dance, a round dance that lasted for five nights.
	dmla.clan.lib.nv.us /docs/dca/thiswas/thiswas06.htm (524 words)

	Ghost Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wovoka a Paiute, mystic Indian, also known as Jack Wilson, who worked as a ranch hand for David Wilson after being orphaned at the age of fourteen.
		Wovoka in 1889, experienced a dream like state in which he saw the coming of the Indian Messiah.
		In 1889, Wovoka saw visions that foretold the coming of a messiah who would help the Indians regain their lost land and bring their dead ancestors back to life.
	www.thebearbyte.com /Stories/GhostDance.htm (1306 words)

	Native American Art and Collectables
		Wovoka, the bearer of the message, received a vision while delirously ill during an eclipse of the sun on January 1, 1889.
		Although Wovoka's message was that of peace, it became distorted as it spread by word of mouth to other tribes.
		The Sioux interpreted Wovoka's vision to mean that the slaughtered herds of buffalo would return to the prairies and the white settlers would be swept away.
	www.indianartandcollectables.com /shop_new/index.php?do=buy&pid=162 (387 words)

	Wovoka - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Wovoka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Born on the Walker River in present-day Nevada, his father, a religious mystic, died when Wovoka was about 14 and he went to work with a white family, the Wilsons;; he was known to whites as Jack Wilson.
		The Sioux were especially fervent in their adoption of the Ghost Dance cult; their restiveness culminated in the murder of Sitting Bull and the massacre at Wounded Knee.
		The Ghost Dance cult lost its appeal for most American Indians and Wovoka eventually moderated his message and advised American Indians to accommodate themselves to the whites' ways.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Wovoka (251 words)

	Indian Prophecies
		The prophecies of Black Elk, Wovoka, Rolling Thunder, Lame Deer, Sun Bear, and the Hopi are used to examine the differences between Western and Native American world views and their relationship to the future.
		In 1888, during an eclipse of the sun, Wovoka died, and an eagle carried him to the sky.
		Wovoka's message of peace and brotherhood was overshadowed by his prophecy of the disappearance of the whites and the return of Indian traditions.
	www.texfiles.com /features/prophecies.htm (4055 words)

	Wovoka, Lame Deer, Rolling Thunder, Wounded Knee, Y2K (WOVOCA.com - Earth Mother Crying!)
		Wovoka was also known as Jack Wilson, and by the time of his birth European settlers in Nevada had destroyed the Paiute nation and way of life.
		Because of a dream, Wovoka had a profound, lasting and tragic impact on the course of the relationship between the European and the Native American.
		Blame for the situation fell on Wovoka, who was in Nevada and opposed to violence, and Sitting Bull, the Lakota chief medicine man, who was apathetic to the Ghost Dance.
	www.wovoca.com /prophecy-wovoka-lame-deer-rolling-thunder-wounded-knee-Y2K.htm (1066 words)

	AllRefer.com - Wovoka (North American Indigenous Peoples, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Also known as Jack Wilson, he was influenced by his father (a mystic) as well as by the Christian family for whom he worked and the Shaker religion.
		To make his message more convincing, Wovoka proved his supernatural powers by simple tricks, one of which, the supposedly bulletproof ghost shirt, was to play a tragic part in the massacre of the Sioux at Wounded Knee.
		The great popularity of Wovoka's ghost dance waned as his prophecy failed to materialize and as his converts were forced onto reservations.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/Wovoka.html (265 words)

	Wovoka- bronze sculpture by John M. Soderberg, Ph.D. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wovoka, a Paiute Medicine Man, or Shaman, was extremely influential among the Plains Indians.
		Around the mid-1800s, he successfully predicted a solar eclipse and created the Ghost Dance as a means of peacefully strengthening tribal members by forging a link and bond to their ancestors.
		Wovoka epitomized the introspection, strength and wisdom of the old American West.
	www.johnmsoderberg.com /pages/wovoka.html (225 words)

	Wovoka - index page - Free MP3 downloads, CDs, Bio Info, Tour Dates, Lyrics and More!" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Named for the Paiute prophet, the music of Wovoka was born in 1994 with the release of the self titled debut, “Wovoka”.
		Wovoka has just released their third album, “A Final Hour in Beauty”, a conceptual work which explores the depths of Spirit and Beauty while honoring the cycles of Existence.
		Born and raised in Brazil, a guitarist and composer of rare honesty and brilliance.
	artists.iuma.com /IUMA/Bands/Wovoka (81 words)

	Die Indianer Nordamerikas - Häuptlinge des Großen Becken (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Nach Aussagen Wovokas starb er und war in den Himmel gekommen, wo er Instruktionen von Gott empfing.
		Wovoka erlaubte es aber seinen Anhängern nicht sich an Kriegen zu beteiligen.
		Bald darauf gelangte die Lehre Wovokas zu den Prärie-Indianern, die ihrem kriegerischen Wesen nach die Bestandteile der Geistertanzlehre in der Richtung änderten, dass ein Krieg gegen die Weißen unabänderlich sei.
	www.indianerwww.de /indian/n_grb_h.htm (183 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ghost Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jump to: navigation, search The Wounded Knee massacre or the Battle of Wounded Knee was the last major armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the United States of America.
		Paiute (sometimes written as Piute) refers to two related groups -- Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute--of Native North Americans speaking languages belonging to the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family of Native American languages.
		Jump to: navigation, search Religious ecstasy is a trance-like state characterized by expanded mental and spiritual awareness and is frequently accompanied by visions, hallucinations, and physical euphoria.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ghost-Dance (2411 words)

	Indiani d'America by Marcalby Biografia di Wovoka
		Fu così che Wovoka prese confidenza con la religione del suo popolo, impregnata da un profondo sentimento di devozione per piante, animali e la natura in genere.
		Wovoka si occupò intensamente di problemi religiosi e durante i suoi viaggi conobbe molte sette e ne studiò l'influenza sulle persone e a poco a poco si fece delle profonde opinioni personali.
		Mentre l'assassinio di Toro Seduto, in condizioni normali, avrebbe provocato una rivolta degli Sioux, ora le profezie di Wovoka che prevedevano che i bianchi in primavera sarebbero stati annientati da un'enorme massa d'acqua, li convinse a non imbracciare le armi.
	www.indianiamericani.it /indiani_famosi/wovoka.php (1566 words)

	Wovoka and the Ghost Dance
		The religious fervor known as the Ghost Dance movement was precipitated by the prophecies and teachings of a northern Pajute Indian named Wovoka (Jack Wilson).
		During a solar eclipse on New Year's Day, 1889, Wovoka experienced a revelation that promised harmony, rebirth, and freedom for Native Americans through the repeated performance of the traditional Ghost Dance.
		This expanded edition includes a new chapter and appendices covering sources on Wovoka discovered since the first edition, as well as a supplemental bibliography.
	www.native-books.com /Biographies_autobiographies/biographies_015.html (148 words)

	Ghost Dance
		However, by 1890 conditions were so bad on the reservations, nationwide, with starvation conditions existing in many places, that the situation was ripe for a major movement to rise among the Indians.
		a Paiute Indian named Wovoka, who announced that he was the messiah come to earth to prepare the Indians for their salvation.
		Wovoka as the Christ and told of the Ghost Dance that they had learned and the way that the Christ had flown over them on their horseback ride back to the railroad tracks, teaching them Ghost Dance songs.
	www.hanksville.org /daniel/lakota/Ghost_Dance.html (916 words)

	Wovoka Ghost Dance Video - and more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	video-7.627video.com /Wovoka-Ghost-Dance-Video.html (487 words)

	mp3 music by TANKAR; Wovoka said mp3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Background picture, center: Wovoka was a Northern Paiute who had a vision that led to the founding of the Ghost Dance religion.
		Having mastered the Ghost Dance, Sitting Bull was revered as an apostle of the religion and therefore considered too dangerous to remain on the reservation.
		The changing of Wovoka's vision to include the use of the Ghost Dance Shirts resulted in disaster instead of salvation....Do not modify given visions....
	www.nrkproductions.com /Tankar/wovokapage.htm (381 words)

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