Ghost Dancing: The Ghost Dance Of Native Americans

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They did the ghost dance was said to make native americans go crazy
They made ghost shirt that “ are bullet proof ”
They promed this dance in front of fire
White soldiers were forcing native go to reservations.
White soldiers came to take any guns they could find to leave the Lakota Sioux helpless.
A gunshot happen and the soldiers started to shoot and

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