Wovoka And The Paiute People

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With this in mind, one could say they had similarity in changing people's life. They were different in how they wanted their people to live their life. And also the type of people they wanted to reach. Wovoka’s target was the Paiute people, he wanted to empower the Indian people as the European Americans moved in on their territory. His goal for them was to live a life that was different from the European Americans, to live a clean live. That is because God himself told him this, when he was brought up to heaven. L.Ron Hubbard used the Church of Scientology to target the people would were curious about the religion and suck them into it. It seemed like he was after people’s money instead of them becoming clear. They were different in the
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