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Wovoka (c. 1856 – September 20, 1932), also known as Jack Wilson, was the Paiute religious leader who founded a second episode of the Ghost Dance movement. Wovoka means "cutter" or "wood cutter" in the Northern Paiute language.
Wovoka, Native American Indian religious leader who spawned the second messianic Ghost Dance cult, which spread rapidly through reservation communities about 1890. Wovoka was worshipped far and wide as a new messiah, but in some areas his pacifist message became distorted through repeated retellings.
Wovoka–Northern Paiute spiritual leader and creator of the Ghost Dance. Jack Wilson, the prophet otherwise known as Wovoka, was believed to have had a vision during a solar eclipse on January 1, 1889.
Wovoka. Born southwest of what is now Carson City, Nevada, in about 1856, his father, Tavibo, was also a medicine man. After his father’s death, the boy was taken to a white rancher’s from where he received the name of Jack Wilson, by which he was commonly known among the whites.
May 29, 2018 · Wovoka >In response to a vision, Wovoka (1856-1932) founded the Ghost Dance [1] >religion. A complex figure, he was revered by Indians while being denounced >as an impostor and a lunatic by the local settlers throughout his entire >life.
Wovoka (c. 1856 - September 20, 1932), also known as Jack Wilson, was the Northern Paiute mystic who founded the Ghost Dance movement. Having spent part of his childhood with a family of white ranchers, Wovoka was well versed in both the English language and the Christian religion.
Jun 10, 2024 · Quick Reference. ( c. 1865–1932) A Native American (Paiute) prophet, who instigated the ghost dance, a millenarian movement in the late 19th century that promised beleaguered Native Americans redemption and freedom from oppression.
During a solar eclipse on January 1, 1889, Wovoka, a shaman of the Northern Paiute tribe, had a vision. Claiming that God had appeared to him in the guise of a Native American and had revealed to him a bountiful land of love and peace, Wovoka founded a spiritual movement called the Ghost Dance.
Wovoka (which means “wood cutter” in the Paiute language) created the Ghost Dance. Wovoka, also known as Jack Wilson, was an Indian religious leader who had a prophetic vision during the solar eclipse in 1889.
Wovoka wōvōˈkə , c.1858–1932, Paiute, prophet of a messianic religion sometimes called the Ghost Dance religion. Also known as Jack Wilson, he was influenced by his father (a mystic) as well as by the Christian family for whom he worked and the Shaker religion.
