Dolls of the Plains Indians

End of the Trail Museum, near Klamath, California. The placard states that the middle doll (3rd from lft) is decorated with Ghost Dance symbols. To read more about the messianic Ghost Dance movement of the late 19th C. plains tribes: tinyurl.com/yc5jcx2p This religious group spread, perhaps, in response to the cultural destruction that was being experienced by the tribes of the plains. It seems to have been a tragic reach for magical salvation.

The Ghost Dance was outlawed by the white government out of fear that it would cause a violent uprising against settlers. One outcome was the massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. tinyurl.com/y9zx7cm7 Here is a very haunting video of the dance, the only one that exists: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU6a7S1YHLQ (Ignore the commentary of idiots below it.)