Religious Combination is the adding of elements of a religion and combining it with ones religion. The Ghost Dance was a religious practice that swept through the plains in the late nineteenth century. It was a dance practiced by Indians who claim that any Indian who practiced the dance would be reunited with their dead relatives and would be empowered by tokens from the spirit world. The practice ended tragically at the battle of Wounded Knee. The Indians believed their ghost shirts were bulletproof and took part in a battle with the United States Seventh Cavalry which ended their