A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROWS ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section 3 Carnival Dance Chapter 2 The Yerrington Reservation Paiutes have never heard of anybody called Wovoka. The Yerrington Reservation Paiutes are very familiar with a man named Jack Wilson. They have known Jack Wilson…

The tall slender bird races across the earth. He pauses for a moment, head bobbing from side to side and stares upward. His eyes flicker wildly, adorned with blue and red patches just behind the pupils. The roadrunner charges forward, darting ahead for a short distance, then stopping to bob…

A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROW’S ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section 3 Chapter 1 Many Paiutes eat wild parsnip as a form of suicide but not Wovoka. Wovoka eats the mountain vegetable to induce prophetic trances. …

I had written and produced some shows about the life and literary legacy of Edward Abbey when my friend Cathy Gazda suggested I might want to meet Peg Millet. Peg Millet was an environmental activist and self-confessed ecological saboteur inspired in part by Abbey’s novel The Monkey Wrench Gang. …

A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROW’S ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section2 Chapter 8 Short Bull the Arapaho waves the sacred eagle feather given to him by Wovoka, directly from the prophet’s hand to Short Bull. Short Bull waves the sacred eagle feather while the long…

A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROW’S ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section 2 Chapter 7 The maiden shoots arrows into the sky. The beautiful young girl pulls back on the bowstring as far as she can, shoulders quivering from the strain and releases an arrow high into…

A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROW’S ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section 2 Choir Practice Chapter 6 While the drums beat the people shuffle in a circle holding hands. The drums beat and beat and beat while the dancers continue to sing, their throats parched with…

It was back in the days when I was young, and it was a beautiful spring day. There is not a better time to be alive. I had a brand-new camera in my hand and had left early for my first class at the university. Native peoples across the planet…

A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROW’S ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section 2 Choir Practice Chapter 5 Black Coyote takes a sharp knife and uses it to tear into his own flesh. The blade digs through his skin, churning up the meat like a plough. Blood…