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James McLaughlin (l. 1842-1923), US Indian Inspector of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, best known for ordering the arrest of the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull in December 1890 and requesting the troops that participated in the Wounded Knee Massacre...

Wovoka (also known as Jack Wilson, l. c. 1856-1932), Paiute Shaman and visionary who preached the Ghost Dance beginning in 1889.

The Ghost Dance of the Oglala Sioux at Pine Ridge Agency, 1889-1890. Image by artist Frederic Remington, 1890.

Chief Kicking Bear (l. 1845-1904) of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Nation in 1891; photo taken while he was a prisoner at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Kicking Bear is credited by some scholars with creating the ghost shirt used during the Ghost Dance...

Modern-day Caddo dancers of the Caddo Cultural Club, Binger, Oklahoma, 2008. The Caddo nation of Oklahoma, notably, have continued to keep the practice of the Ghost Dance alive into the 21st century.

King Ajatashatru Venerates the Buddha, from the Bharhut Stupa, c. 100-80 BCE. Indian Museum, Kolkata.

Ashoka with his two queens visiting the deer park, Sanchi Stupa 1 Southern Gateway.

Suddhodana praying as his son the Buddha rises in the air with only the path visible, Sanchi Stupa 1, Northern Gateway.

Homage of King Suddhodana, Sanchi Stupa 1, Eastern Gateway, Right pillar, inner top panel.

Saint Colman's Cathedral, Cloyne, county Cork, Ireland. The Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley (1685-1753) was appointed Anglican Bishop of Cloyne in 1734.