consequences

• Public reaction was POSITIVE and people were relieved the idea of the Ghost dance was over.
• • It proved that the white settlers still believed that the Plains Indians should be killed.
• • It showed the belief that both sides had of the supernatural Ghost Dance working.
• • In 1890, the US Government announced that the Indian Frontier had ended and there was no land now which truly belonged to the Plains Indians.
• People seemed to agree that ‘out of control’ Indians should be killed
•  It was seen as revenge for Little Bighorn.