John Wilson (Caddo)

John Wilson

John Wilson (1860-1901) was a Caddo-Delaware-French medicine man and religious leader.

John Wilson's Caddo name was Nishkû'ntu, meaning "Moon Head." Though he was of half-Delaware descent, John Wilson spoke only the Caddo language and identified only as a Caddo.^[1] In 1890, he became an influential leader in the Ghost Dance. In 1880, Wilson became a peyote roadman. The tribe had been exposed to the Half Moon peyote ceremony, but Wilson introduced the Big Moon ceremony to the tribe.^[2] The Caddo tribe remains very active in the Native American Church today.

Notes

1. ^ Swanton, 119
2. ^ Stewart, 86-88

References

• Stewart, Omer Call. Peyote Religion: A History. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. ISBN 978-0806124575.
• Swanton, John Reed. Source material on the history and ethnology of the Caddo Indians. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0806128566.

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Name	Wilson, John
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Date of birth	1860
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Date of death	1901
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