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Black Coyote Arapahoe Council Indian Chief Photo

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
Black Coyote Arapahoe Council Indian Chief Photo
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5 1/4" by 6 1/4". Black Coyote, a Southern Arapaho leader, traveled to Wyoming to learn the Ghost Dance ritual from the Northern Arapaho. The tribe was desperate for relief from the death, broken promises from the United States, and the near extinction of the bison. Black Coyote returned to Oklahoma Territory in the spring of 1890 and started to lead Ghost Dance ceremonies. A Southern Arapaho who had lived with the Northern Arapaho, Sitting Bull, came to the reservation in Oklahoma Territory that fall. Sitting Bull was able to bring devotees into a great trance where they could see their dead kin in another realm where the bison still roamed and traditional Arapaho life endured. The Ghost Dance sparked a new religion that created a cultural renaissance for the tribe. The Ghost Dance religion gave the tribe hope. The belief in an Arapaho utopia within reach even influenced tribal politics. Some leaders consulted Sitting Bull before negotiating with the United States. The Southern Arapaho ardently believed through the Ghost Dance religion that a new and better world was emerging, but after it failed to arrive, belief in the Ghost Dance declined. Ghost Dances became more of a social and cultural event than a religious ritual by the 1920s.