A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROWS ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section 2 Choir Practice Chapter 4 Short Bull receives his sacred eagle feather directly from the grasp of Wovoka himself. It was a long journey all the way to Nevada, and there were many chances…

A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROW’S ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section 2 Choir Practice Chapter 3 A steam locomotive puffs smoke and vapor as it chugs across the Nevada desert, carrying Porcupine the Cheyenne to the shores of Pyramid Lake where the prophet Wovoka lives…

At a Tucson cultural festival, the crowned dancers stretch and warm up. Each of the dancers is painted ashen white and decorated with black symbols depicting rain and lightning. Cloth masks cover their faces, while wooden crowns rise above their heads, sticks pointing up in all directions. Like their painted…

A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROW’S ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section 2 Choir Practice Chapter 2 By law the highest man-made point in Salt Lake City is the peak of the Mormon Temple. Perched atop the highest spire of the temple is a statue of…

A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROW’S ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section 2 Choir Practice Chapter 1 Come to Pyramid Lake and hear the prophecy of hope spill from the lips of the Ghost Dance prophet like a waterfall of song. Bring your most splendid rabbit…

A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROW’S ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section 1 The Prophet and the Apocalypse Chapter 9 It is easy to believe in the apocalypse when all of the Rocky Mountains are burning. Giant rolling clouds of black smoke obscure the heavens and…

A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROW’S ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section 1 The Prophet and the Apocalypse Chapter 8 When you dance, dance with magpie feathers in your hair. Magpie feathers are the wings of heaven. When you are done dancing, these wings will lift…

A JOURNEY ALONG THE CROW’S ROAD — THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION AND THE PROPHET WOVOKA Section 1 The Prophet and The Apocalypse Chapter 7 I, Good Thunder, travelled far from the center of the universe, the beautiful Dakota Hills, to hear the words of this new prophet in the desert…