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Questions and Answers about the Spokane Indians
 

what was the Prophet Dance?
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The Prophet Dance was a Plateau Indian ritual of the early 19th century. It was was a mixture of aboriginal and Christian elements. Participants danced in order to hasten the return of the dead and the renewal of the world, particularly the world as it was before European contact.

The Prophet Dance was a precursor of the famous Ghost Dance movement of the 1870s and 1890s.

The Prophet Dance seems to have been a reaction against the increasing disruption of traditional culture through the new influences.










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