Ghost Dance Materials

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  • A group of white American soliders massacre a group of indigenous people located in a pit, including women and children. There is blood and loss of limbs.
  • Women's buckskin dress with geometric shapes made with porcupine quills and glass beads
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  • A painting of a dress that is cut between two newspaper squares. the top section of the dress says "YOUR GOD" at it's midsection right before the cut. The bottom half says "MY GOD" at the midsection right below the cut. The top half of the dress has a large red splotch that looks like its bleeding. The second half has a green splotch, but there is some overlap of the two. The background behind the dress has newspaper clippings and running, bleeding yellowish green streaks.
  • A blanket made out of rabbit pelts (Northern Paiute)
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  • A painting of an oval shape with a dark reddish brown abstract shape in the middle. The shape is almost outlined by a pale blue line. Various shapes overlay with central shape. The background is pale blue.
  • Pipes like this one were included in Pawnee Ghost Dance hand game bundles. This pipe belonged to Mad Beae and was collected in 1878, after the Pawnee exile to Indian Territory
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  • A pawnee drum that may have been used to accompany the Ghost Dance and other songs
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  • Painted hide robe belonging to Young Man Afraid of His Horses and depicting his martial achievements
  • A ledger drawing. The caption reads, “Ghost Shirt Protecting a Sioux Escapee” Two people on one horse face backwards towards a line of guns. They also hold guns.Their horse and another horse are running away.
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