Nanissáanah

The Great Ghost Dance, or Nanissáanah in the original Caddo, is an anti-colonialist spiritualism and practice of ever growing strength and importance among the oppressed people of the Vesperian plains, particularly the Lakota and Paiute.

Beliefs
Created by the Paiute prophet known as Wovoka in the late 19th century, the practice of Nanissáanah is based on a syncretic belief in a creator deity which which will someday soon reunite the living and the dead in a perfection where there will be no sickness, age, or suffering. In the interpretations of many tribes following it, this also means the driving out of all invaders of European descent who have occupied native lands for too long. In spiritual practice the Ghost Dance is a great communal celebration of regular intervals said to hasten this reunion with the creator, and a symbol of resistance to the continuing encroachment of outside invaders. The Ghost Dance is compatible with most of the beliefs of the people of the Vesperian plains, and so has achieved a wide spread through all of them with different versions depending on their unique traditions and ways of describing its millenarian vision.

Organization
Organizationally, the Ghost Dance is generally a practice, not a structure. Individual leaders and prophets spread and direct the movement, and possibly lead it into battle.