In the ghost dance movement, who are the “ghosts”?
a. dead Native American warriors
b. dead Native Americans of all types
c. dead European-American settlers who oppressed Native Americans
d. living Native American warriors who will gain supernatural, ghost-like powers
a. dead Native American warriors
Analysis:
a. Correct. Dead Native American warriors were to come back to life.
b. Incorrect. Dead Native American warriors, not others, were to come back to life.
c. Incorrect. Dead Native American warriors, not “whites,” were to come back to life.
d. Incorrect. Dead Native American warriors were to come back to life; living warriors were not in view here.
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