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Ghost shirts are shirts, or other clothing items, worn by members of the Ghost Dance religion, and thought to be imbued with spiritual powers.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 22 relations: Alice Beck Kehoe, Arnold Short Bull, Boxer Rebellion, Chinese spirit possession, Detente bala, Earthquake, Ghost Dance, Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin, James Mooney, Kicking Bear, Kurt Vonnegut, Lakota people, Mormons, Northern Paiute people, Pacificism, Piety, Plains Indians, Player Piano (novel), Temple garment, The Ghost Shirt, Wounded Knee Massacre, Wovoka.

  2. Ghost Dance movement
  3. Lakota mythology
  4. Native American clothing
  5. Native American relics
  6. Shirts

Alice Beck Kehoe

Alice Beck Kehoe (born 1934, New York City) is a feminist anthropologist and archaeologist.

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Arnold Short Bull

Arnold Short Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Ptéčela; c. 1845 – 1915), a member of the Sičháŋǧu (Brulé) Lakota tribe of Native Americans, instrumental in bringing the Ghost Dance movement to the Rosebud Reservation. Ghost shirt and Arnold Short Bull are Ghost Dance movement.

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Boxer Rebellion

The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising or the Boxer Insurrection, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as the "Boxers" in English due to many of its members having practised Chinese martial arts, which at the time were referred to as "Chinese boxing".

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Chinese spirit possession

Chinese spirit possession is a practice performed by specialists called jitong (a type of shaman) in Chinese folk religion involving the channeling of Chinese deities who are invited to take control of the specialist's body, resulting in noticeable changes in body functions and behaviour.

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Detente bala

"Detente bala" is an inscription used by Spanish soldiers from the 18th century. Ghost shirt and Detente bala are Amulets.

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Earthquake

An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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Ghost Dance

The Ghost Dance (Caddo: Nanissáanah, also called the Ghost Dance of 1890) is a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. Ghost shirt and Ghost Dance are Ghost Dance movement.

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Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin

The Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin are Native Americans of the northern Great Basin, Snake River Plain, and upper Colorado River basin.

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James Mooney

James Mooney (February 10, 1861 – December 22, 1921) was an American ethnographer who lived for several years among the Cherokee.

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Kicking Bear

Kicking Bear (Matȟó Wanáȟtaka; March 18, 1845 – May 28, 1904) was an Oglala Lakota who became a band chief of the Miniconjou Lakota Sioux. Ghost shirt and Kicking Bear are Ghost Dance movement.

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Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels.

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Lakota people

The Lakota (pronounced; Lakȟóta/Lakhóta) are a Native American people.

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Mormons

Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.

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Northern Paiute people

The Northern Paiute people are a Numic tribe that has traditionally lived in the Great Basin region of the United States in what is now eastern California, western Nevada, and southeast Oregon.

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Pacificism

Pacificism is the general term for ethical opposition to violence or war unless force is deemed necessary.

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Piety

Piety is a virtue which may include religious devotion or spirituality.

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Plains Indians

Plains Indians or Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies are the Native American tribes and First Nation band governments who have historically lived on the Interior Plains (the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies) of North America.

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Player Piano (novel)

Player Piano is the debut novel by American writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr., published in 1952.

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Temple garment

A temple garment, also referred to as garments, the garment of the holy priesthood, or Mormon underwear, is a type of underwear worn by adherents of the Latter Day Saint movement after they have taken part in the endowment ceremony.

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The Ghost Shirt

The Ghost Shirt is a shirt that is believed to have been worn by a Sioux warrior killed in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre. Ghost shirt and the Ghost Shirt are Amulets, Ghost Dance movement, Native American clothing and Native American relics.

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Wounded Knee Massacre

The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army.

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Wovoka

Wovoka (– September 20, 1932), also known as Jack Wilson, was the Paiute religious leader who founded a second episode of the Ghost Dance movement. Ghost shirt and Wovoka are Ghost Dance movement.

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See also

Ghost Dance movement

Lakota mythology

Native American clothing

Native American relics

Shirts

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_shirt

Also known as Ghost Dance shirt, Ghost Shirts.