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Gros Ventre, Kiowa, LTte, Shoshoni, Plains-Ojibway, 

 Cheyenne, Blaokfoot, Sarsi, Plains-Cree, and Bidatsa. 

 With the possible except ion of the Plains-* !ree all used 

 a sacred bundle of some form. For examples see the 

 Blackfool and ('row collection.-. The Crow used a 

 bundle containing an image, bul a different form of 

 shelter. The Ponca ami Dakota used no bundles 

 but a shelter of another type from thai shown in the 

 model, but both had the torture, sun-gaze-dancing, and 



the BUD pole. 



Ghost Dance Ceremonies. Even within historic 

 times, therehavebeen several interest ing religious devel- 

 opments among the Plain- Indian-. The mosl noted of 

 these was the ghost dance. This was a religious cere- 

 mony founded upon the belief in the coming of a 

 Messiah, which seems to have originated among the 

 Paviotso Indians in Nevada Plateau area) about l sss 

 and which spread rapidly among the Indian- of the 

 Plains. The prophet of the religion was a young Paiute 

 Indian (Plateau Area) who claimed to have had a 

 revelation while in a delirious condition caused by an 

 attack of fever. The Teton-Dakota seem to have first 

 heard of the new religion in 1889 and in a council held 

 by Red-cloud, appointed a committee to visit the 

 prophet and investigate. On this committee were 

 Short-bull and Kicking-bear, who returned very enthu- 

 siastic converts and began preaching the new religion 

 among the Dakota. The principal belief was that an 

 Indian Messiah was about to appear to destroy the 

 white race, and restore the buffalo with all former 



