Case file · Apparition / miracle
Smohalla and the Dreamer religion
Smohalla, a Wanapum spiritual leader at Priest Rapids on the Columbia River, taught from visions received in trances, and around 1860 began to lead a revival known as the Washani or Dreamer faith.
1860 CE · 46.65, -119.91 · status: account
The account
He taught that the earth is a mother who must not be cut by plough or mining, and that the dead would return. His teaching shaped the Washat (Seven Drums) religion still practised on the Plateau.