In response to a vision, Wovoka (ca. 1856-1932) founded the Ghost Dance 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. Based on a personal...

WOVOKA (c. 1856/8–1932), Paiute religious prophet and messiah of the Ghost Dance of 1890; also called Jack Wilson by white settlers. Although he often referred to himself as Kwohitsauq ("big rumbling belly"), after his paternal...

Wovoka (c. 1856 - September 20, 1932), also known as Jack Wilson, was the Northern Paiute religious leader who founded the Ghost Dance movement. Wovoka means “wood cutter” in the Northern Paiute...

Hittman, Michael. Yerington, Nev.: Yerington Paiute tribe, 1990 xv + 310 pp. Illustration, appendices, bibliography. N.P. Although linked by a common theme, these two works are at opposite poles. Hittman's book should be read by every student of the ghost dance revival...

Michael Hittman. Wovoka and the Ghost Dance. Expanded Edition. Edited by Don Lynch. Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1997. 373 + xviii pp. Photographs, notes, appendices, bibliography. Paper, $20.00. Wovoka, the Paiute prophet whose visions sparked an entire chapter of the history...