His most notable work was his ethnographic study of the Ghost Dance, a widespread religious movement among various Native American culture groups that ended in 1890 with a bloody massacre of Lakota people at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
His most notable work was his ethnographic study of the Ghost Dance. The Ghost Dance was a widespread religious movement among various Native American culture groups. These various Native American culture groups ended in 1890 with a bloody massacre of Lakota people at Wounded Knee. Wounded Knee was South Dakota.