Wovoka biography books

19th and 20th-century founder of the Ghost Dance movement (c–)

This article is about the Northern Paiute religious leader.

Wovoka: The Life and Legacy of the Prophet of the Ghost Dance ...

For the Redbone album and eponymous single, see Wovoka (album).

Wovoka (c.&#; – September 20, ),^[2] also known as Jack Wilson, was the Paiute religious leader who founded a second episode of the Ghost Dance movement. Wovoka means "cutter"^[3] or "wood cutter" in the Northern Paiute language.

Biography

Wovoka was born in the Smith Valley area southeast of Carson City, Nevada around Quoitze Ow was his birth name.^[4] Wovoka's father was Numu-tibo'o (sometimes called Tavibo), who for several decades was incorrectly believed to be Wodziwob, a religious leader who had founded the Ghost Dance of ^[5] From the age of eight until almost thirty Wovoka often worked for David Wilson, a rancher in the Yerington, Nevada, area, and his wife Abigail, who gave him the name Jack Wilson when dealing with Euro-Americans.^{&# Wovoka and the Ghost Dance - Google Books XUWE}