The Ghost Dance was first revived after eighty-two years by Leonard Crow
Dog at the 1973 stand at Wounded Knee.  Dancers also participated in the
Peyote Ceremony, ingesting the sacred drug to induce visions and a trance
like state.  During the ceremonies, the participants often wore American
flags, worn upside down, to symbolize each U.S. state or territory that
was taken from the Indians.  Once outlawed, the Ghost Dance, Peyote
Ceremony, and Sun Dance now help to rekindle pride in the Native American
heritage and spiritual connection to the land.  The ceremonies pictured
here took place at the Rosebud Reservation where Leonard and Mary Crow Dog
live.  They insist that the ceremonies take place where they will be kept
sacred and not turned into tourist attractions, as has happened elsewhere.