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Wodziwob Biography
Wodziwob was a prophet and shaman of the northern Paiute, who is widely believed to have initiated the 1870 Ghost Dance on the Walker River Reservation in Nevada.
During a dire time for the Paiute, when epidemics, drought and starvation had killed a tenth of their population, Wodziwob emerged, speaking at Round Dance ceremonies and telling the tribe that he'd visited the land of the dead, and spoken to the recently deceased.
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He prophesied that they deceased would return in 3-4 years, many by railway car. During this time he was quoted by a Pyramid Lake Paiute as saying, "Our fathers are coming, our mothers are coming, they are coming pretty soon.
You had better dance. Never stop for a long time. Swim.
Wovoka meaningPaint in white and black and red paint. Every morning wash and paint. Everybody be happy."
Wodziwob spoke not only of the dead returning, but of a better time to come. Because of his paradisiacal visions
