Shawnee_sioux_war_dance 🌟

While the Sioux have many traditional dances (like the , which they shared with the Shawnee and Meskwaki), the Ghost Dance of the late 19th century is their most historically significant "war-adjacent" ritual.

: Initiated by a Paiute prophet named Wovoka, the dance spread to the Lakota Sioux during a period of starvation and confinement on reservations. shawnee_sioux_war_dance

Large circles, continuous dancing (up to 5 days), and "ghost shirts". Actively practiced in Oklahoma stomp grounds. While the Sioux have many traditional dances (like

Historically significant; led to major shifts in Native shamanism. continuous dancing (up to 5 days)