7 x 10 in. photograph loosely placed in 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. cardstock mat. Image and mat twice blindstamped "Barry." Mat verso with applied paper label for Barry and pencil inscription reading, "Sioux Ghost Dancers."

A view capturing Sioux Ghost Dancers at Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

In the late 19th century, the Sioux people began practicing a new religion that grew around prophecies shared first by Paiute men named Wodziwob, Tävibo, and Wovoka. Followers were instructed to perform a dance, later known as the Ghost Dance, which the leaders said would result in the return of land, the resurrection of ancestors, and the end of suffering of their communities under US rule. The US government responded severely to this practice, killing hundreds of Native American Ghost Dancers, including Sitting Bull, at Wounded Knee.