Significance of The Ghost Shirt Society

The Ghost Shirt Society is a group of rebels who plan to take over the U.S. by force and remove the tyranny of machines. The group is named after the Ghost Dance religion, a popular movement in Native American society when it became clear that the tribes were being overtaken by the white men. The Ghost Shirt was supposed to be a magic shirt that would protect warriors from bullets. Like the Ghost Dance religion, the Ghost Shirt Society is ultimately defeated.